Held each June, National Mosquito Control Awareness Week recognizes the deadly nature of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. With the GLOBE Observer app, anyone can report potential mosquito habitat and the presence of mosquito larvae. Paired with satellite observations of temperature, water and vegetation, scientists can forecast a communities’ risk of mosquito-borne diseases. Local/state awareness activities also happen throughout the spring.
GLOBE Observer Mosquito AppMosquito Habitat Mapper toolkitMission Mosquito Larvae Hunters Guide
Cosmonaut Tereshkova spent almost three days in space, orbiting Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6. Twenty years and two days later, the first US woman, Sally Ride, went into space.
On June 18, 1983, NASA Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space, when she launched with her four crewmates aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7. Ride and five other women had been selected in 1978 for NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first American selection class to include females. With the advent of the space shuttle, NASA expanded astronaut selection from only pilots to scientists and engineers, and women became eligible for selection. NASA announced Ride and her classmates to the public on Jan. 16, 1978. See full article.
Each year, within June 20-21 is the point in the Earth's orbit where the Sun is most illuminating the northern hemisphere. Astronomers consider this the beginning of the Summer in the northern hemisphere.
What is a solstice?Seeing equinoxes and solstices from spaceBuild a model
Learn how the Perseverance rover takes a selfie, here!
Organized by the Women’s Engineering Society, International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign which raises the profile of women in engineering and focuses attention on the amazing career opportunities available to women and girls in this exciting industry. Learn more and get resources here.
Related to Pi Day, Tau is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its RADIUS, approximately 6.28, or 2 times Pi.
Celebrate math and all its applications, including space exploration!
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