NASA NPP Educator Launch Conference

Attend this education conference in California on Oct. 26-27, 2011, to witness the launch of NASA’s next-generation weather and earth science mission NPP, short for NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Preparatory Project.

This conference will provide close-up viewing of the powerful Delta-II launch vehicle on the launch pad before and during launch, as well as hands-on practical educator workshops and presentations by principal investigators from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and other practitioners.

Conference attendees will attend a dinner at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Officers’ Club where they can interface one-on-one with formal and informal STEM educators, scientists and engineers.

To learn more about the conference and to register online, visit http://endeavourinstitute.org/launch_conference.html.

The NPP mission will help link the current generation of Earth-observing satellites called the Earth Observing System to a next-generation of operational polar-orbiting environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System, managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NPP’s data products will help meteorologists improve weather forecasts and advance earth and climate science. The remote-sensing instruments aboard NPP will measure Earth’s atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity and pressure profiles, land and ocean biological activity and cloud and aerosol properties. NOAA meteorologists will incorporate the data into their weather and climate prediction models to produce accurate life-saving forecasts and warnings. NPP will also help emergency responders monitor and react to natural disasters.

To learn more about NPP and for educational resources about the mission, visit http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/nppy.html.

Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Steve Kliewer at director@endeavourinstitute.org.