NASA Science Mission Directorate: Biological and Physical Sciences Division Seminar

/ January 10, 2021

NASA Science Mission Directorate Biological and Physical Sciences Division Seminar Commercial Lunar Payload Services Technology and Implementation Processes January 14, 2021 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Time) As NASA returns to explore the moon, the Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) landers will be important platforms for delivering experiments to the moon and conducting scientific research and technology demonstrations, which areuniquely enabled by the lunar surface and environment. This…

Why I’m flying to space to do research aboard Virgin Galactic

/ January 3, 2021

BY ALAN STERN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THE HILL Unlike researchers in virtually every other field of science, space researchers have long been limited to operating their experiments by remote control. Why? Because for many decades it was simply not possible or not practical to send themselves into space to do their work. This forced us to routinely have to incorporate expensive and…

2020 Student Winners

/ November 22, 2020

ASGSR is pleased to announce the winners of the Undergraduate and Graduate student lightning talk competition from the 2020 virtual conference November 5-6 .   Graduate Student Award winners: • 1st Place: Marta Cortesão, DLR German Aerospace Agency and Georg August University of Göttingen, “Microbial survival to Mars-like conditions: the MARSBOx stratospheric balloon mission”;   • 2nd Place: MC Dorbecker, University of Colorado, “Modeling crew performance degradation due to…

Announcing 2020 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jessica Meir

/ October 24, 2020

REGISTER PAY MEMBERSHIP DUES Announcing 2020 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jessica Meir   Jessica U. Meir was selected by NASA in 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Brown University, a Master of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University, and a Doctorate in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Meir…

The American Society for Gravitational and Space Research announces its 2020 Fellows

/ October 24, 2020

Please join the Artemis III Science Definition Townhall Lunar Surface Science Meeting on Oct. 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm (Eastern)

/ October 24, 2020

The townhall will present information on the work the Science Definition Team (SDT) has been doing to identify candidate investigations concepts for the Artemis III lunar landing mission.  The science community is invited to also provide feedback on the Artemis III SDT report.  The link to the townhall and the report and feedback site can be found at:  https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/artemis-sdt/ If you…

NIAID/NIH Centers for Medical Counter Measures Against Radiation Consortium (CMCRC) Program Call for Pilot Project Applications

/ October 15, 2020

NIAID/NIH Centers for Medical Counter Measures Against Radiation Consortium (CMCRC) Program Call for Pilot Project Applications The Centers for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation Consortium (CMCRC) is now accepting applications for pilot projects. Application forms and descriptions of the current CMCRs can be found at: https://cmcrcniaid.org/content/instructions Applications are due December 31, 2020 Anticipated project start date: May 1, 2021 Pilot project funding is…

ASGSR To Host Virtual Town Hall on Diversity and Inclusion for National Academies Decadal

/ October 15, 2020

ASGSR is committed to nurturing a community which embraces diversity, equity and inclusion.  As part of our activities supporting the National Academies Decadal, we have scheduled a Virtual Town Hall to discuss these issues on November 20 from 16:00 – 18:00 Central Time.  Please refer to https://asgsr.org/decadal-survey/ for additional details. ASGSR value statement on diversity, equity and inclusionASGSR celebrates people of all…

AIP Seeks Applicants for Science Policy Fellowships

/ September 23, 2020

View in browserSeptember 17, 2020AIP Seeks Applicants for Science Policy FellowshipsThe American Institute of Physics is accepting applications for fellowship programs that will place scientists with the State Department and Congress for a one year term starting in fall 2021.The 2019–2020 cohort of AIP science policy fellows pictured in September 2019. From left: Congressional Fellow Brian Gray, State Department Fellow Allison Davis,…