by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog, Citizen Science, Events, ISS, San Antonio Spurs game
Check out that last line, “DO SCIENCE AT THE GAME! Help collect microbes to send to space!” You read that right, ladies and gentlemen. Project MERCCURI (Microbial Ecology Research Combining Citizen and University Researchers on ISS),a new research project...
by Bart Leahy | Apr 1, 2013 | ISS, NBA, San Antonio Spurs, The Science Cheerleaders
Meet Laura and other Science Cheerleaders at the National Science Teachers Association conference in San Antonio! We will present, “Citizen Science on the International Space Station!” 2:00–3:00 PM on 4/11 in room 215, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center....
by Bart Leahy | Mar 30, 2013 | Advanced Degrees, Blog, General - Mathematics, General - Science, ISS, Master's, NBA, Other, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Please welcome Ashley, who is an Orlando Magic cheerleader who works with NASA Kennedy Space Center. She’s also collecting microbes at the 4/10 Magic game as part of our new research project, Project MERCCURI, to send microbes to space! This interview was...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog, ISS
From Yuri’s Night, celebrating the anniversary of manned space flight! 12 March 2013 Our newest affiliate is Science Cheerleader, a group of over 250 current and former professional cheerleaders who “playfully challenge stereotypes, turn everyone onto science by...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 8, 2013 | In the News, ISS
From the news office of the University of California, Davis: Cheering microbes into space Wendy Brown, a graduate student in biomedical engineering, will recruit school kids and volunteers to collect microbial samples from a wide range of environments. (Taylor...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog, Citizen Science, In the News, ISS
This morning, Space Florida announced that a research proposal submitted by SciStarter, Science Cheerleader and UCDavis won a competition to fly innovative research projects on the International Space Station via Space X in December 2013. We are stoked. This research...
