Apollo 11 landing site as realized in the Starfield video game with a player and flag in the background.

Approximate location of Tranquility Base in Open Space software client.

At our local STEAM night sharing the many ways #NASA data are used from the video game industry (Starfield) to educational (Open Space) to get folks excited about Artemis II!

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Sun at the Center: Teacher Ambassadors Bring Heliophysics to Classrooms Nationwide For the fourth year in a row, the American Association of Physics Teachers, a collaborator on the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT), selected eight new educators to serve as ambassadors for heliophysics education. Meeting in Boulder, CO, from July 14-17, 2025, these teachers met to work through AAPT’s lessons that bring physics content to […] The post Sun at the Center: Teacher Ambassadors Bring Heliophysics to Classrooms Nationwide first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Portable Planetarium takes Thousands of Alaskan Students on a Cosmic Adventure Exploring the Cosmos and Inspiring Young Minds From January through June 2025, the Education Outreach Office at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute (GI) continued its mission of bringing science to life by delivering the magic of its portable planetarium to communities across Alaska. This year, they reached over 1,807 students, educators, and participants […] The post Portable Planetarium takes Thousands of Alaskan Students on a Cosmic Adventure first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA Science Activation Teams Unite to Support Neurodiverse Learners with Public Libraries On July 16, 2025, more than 400 public library staff from across the United States joined a powerful webinar, Serving Neurodiverse Library Patrons and Colleagues, hosted by two NASA Science Activation program teams: NASA@ My Library and NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3). The event brought together researchers, library professionals, and individuals with lived experience of neurodiversity […] The post NASA Science Activation Teams Unite to Support Neurodiverse Learners with Public Libraries first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Light Up CNU’s 2025 STEM Community Day More than 2,000 curious visitors from Newport News and the surrounding Hampton Roads region of Virginia flocked to Christopher Newport University (CNU) on May 31, 2025 for their annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Community Day, and the NASA eClips team from the National Institute of Aerospace’s Center for Integrative STEM Education (NIA-CISE) made […] The post NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Light Up CNU’s 2025 STEM Community Day first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Take a Tour of the Cosmos with New Interactives from NASA’s Universe of Learning Ready for a tour of the cosmos? NASA’s Universe of Learning has released a new, dynamic way for lifelong learners to explore NASA’s breathtaking images of the universe—ViewSpace interactive Image Tours. ViewSpace has an established track record of providing museums, science centers, libraries, and other informal learning environments with free, web-based videos and digital interactives—like […] The post Take a Tour of the Cosmos with New Interactives from NASA’s Universe of Learning first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Movie night slide on projection screen.

Movie Night at #NASA #ScienceActivation is always a joy. I love getting to see all the great work our fellow science experts are doing across the country!