Thomas Zurbuchen

NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency's associate administrator for science, and his leadership team at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25, to discuss updates to NASA's science programs, the current status of activities, and the science portion of the recently passed FY21 NASA appropriation.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency's associate administrator for science, and his leadership team at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25, to discuss updates to NASA's science programs, the current status of activities, and the science portion of the recently passed FY21 NASA appropriation.
  • Members of the science community, academia, media,and public are invited to participate by joining at:
    If prompted, please use event number199 128 1917, followed by event password MPpwizbH853.
  • Participants must provide their first and last name and organization and can submit questions or vote up questions submitted by others.
  • Presentation materials for the meeting will be available for download immediately after the meeting, and a recording will be available later that day at:
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NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall Meeting

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2020 NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 17, to discuss updates to NASA's science programs, share the current status of activities, and roll out the agency's 2021 NASA Science Planning Guide.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2020 NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 17, to discuss updates to NASA's science programs, share the current status of activities, and roll out the agency's 2021 NASA Science Planning Guide.
  • Members of the science community, academia, themedia,and the public are invited to participate by joining at:
    If prompted, please use event number199 344 4841, followed by event password saPpAZ3aA34.
  • Participants must provide their first and last name and organization and can submit questions or vote up questions submitted by others.
  • Presentation materials for the meeting will be available for download immediately after the meeting, and a recording will be available later that day at:
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NASA Invites Students to Join the Artemis Generation at SciFest Virtual Event

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

A virtual greeting from Thomas Zurbuchen, associate for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, invites the Artemis Generation to enter and explore the NASA Hall, where visitors can download games and activities and ask NASA what it takes to join its mission to make new discoveries in aeronautics, science, and space.

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  • A virtual greeting from Thomas Zurbuchen, associate for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, invites the Artemis Generation to enter and explore the NASA Hall, where visitors can download games and activities and ask NASA what it takes to join its mission to make new discoveries in aeronautics, science, and space.
  • College students can visit the NASA booth inside the SciFest College Career Center to learn more about internship opportunities.
  • NASA STEM content and activities will be available in a virtual student backpack and teacher resource area during the event.
  • NASA invites the Artemis Generation to see themselves among the science stars!

NASA Science to Host Public Town Hall Meeting

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Friday, September 4, 2020

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 10, to discuss updates to NASA's science program and the current status of NASA activities.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 10, to discuss updates to NASA's science program and the current status of NASA activities.
  • Members of the science community, academia, themedia,and the public are invited to participate by joining at the link below.
  • Users must provide their first and last name and organization and can submit their own questions or vote up questions submitted by others.
  • The meeting leaders will try to answer as many of the submitted questions as possible.

NASA Science Hosts Public Town Hall to Provide Updates

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual community town hall with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and other members of the Science leadership team at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 9, to discuss updates on the agency's science activities.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual community town hall with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and other members of the Science leadership team at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 9, to discuss updates on the agency's science activities.
  • Members of the science community, academia, the media, and the public are invited to participate by joining at:

NASA Science to Hold Virtual Community Town Hall Meeting

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Friday, May 22, 2020

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting via teleconference with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 28, to discuss updates in NASA's science program and the current status of NASA activities.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting via teleconference with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 28, to discuss updates in NASA's science program and the current status of NASA activities.
  • Members of the science community, academia, the media and the public are invited to participate by calling 888-989-9718. International participants should call 312-470-7045.
  • A replay of the call will be available for one month at 203-369-3252.
  • Charts for the meeting will be posted just prior to the start of the meeting and an audio recording will be available later that day at:

NASA, Partners Launch Virtual Hackathon to Develop COVID-19 Solutions

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

"There's a tremendous need for our collective ingenuity right now," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

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  • "There's a tremendous need for our collective ingenuity right now," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
  • "I can't imagine a more worthy focus than COVID-19 on which to direct the energy and enthusiasm from around the world with the Space Apps Challenge that always generates such amazing solutions."
  • The COVID-19 Challenge will be the program's first global virtual hackathon.
  • Space Apps 2019 included more than 29,000 participants at 225 events in 71 countries, developing more than 2,000 hackathon solutions over the course of one weekend.

New NASA eBook Reveals Insights of Earth Seen at Night from Space

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night.
  • Earth at Night, NASA's new 200-page ebook, is now available online and includes more than 150 images of our planet in darkness as captured from space by Earth-observing satellites and astronauts on the International Space Station over the past 25 years.
  • "Earth at Night explores the brilliance of our planet when it is in darkness," wrote Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in the book's foreword.
  • NASA brings together technology, science, and unique global Earth observations to provide societal benefits and strengthen our nation.

NASA to Discuss Planetary Protection Review's Findings and Recommendations

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss recommendations presented by the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB), established in June 2019 by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the agency's Science Mission Directorate.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss recommendations presented by the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB), established in June 2019 by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
  • Planetary Protection is the practice of protecting solar system bodies from contamination by Earth life and protecting Earth from possible life forms that may be returned from other solar system bodies.
  • The teleconference will provide an overview of the board's 34 findings, and 43 recommendations.
  • Learn more about NASA's Office of Planetary Protection at:
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Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years

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Friday, October 4, 2019

NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft's power system.

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  • NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft's power system.
  • The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions.
  • "Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission," saidThomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
  • "Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners," said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA's Satellite and Information Service.