Science and Exploration

This Week @NASA: Science Day on The Hill

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
June 14, 2013
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This Week @NASA: Science Day on The Hill

The NASA Science Day on Capitol Hill provided an opportunity to showcase, for members of Congress and the public, the work and accomplishments of the agency’s Science programs.

Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld was among NASA officials at the event, which included exhibits and presentations about the agency’s work with asteroids and other Near Earth Objects, space observatories like the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, and planetary missions, space weather and a host of other Science programs conducted by NASA for the benefit of all humankind. Also, Technology Day, Dry Ice Movement on Mars, Sample Return Robot Challenge, Engineering Leaders Graduate, I’m an Engineer!, Summer Interns Arrive, and the 30th Anniversary of Sally Ride’s First Spaceflight.

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