CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc 20 PRESS EVENTS -Press Conference 1 press conference at Jan. AAS -12 Press Releases -7 Image Releases PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005 PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc PRESS RESULTS -103 Print Stories including: Washington Post, New York Times (3) and USA Today (3) -55 Broadcast Stories including: Today Show -260 Web Stories -Other: - Implemented Eureka Alert, the AAAS on-line press distribution system, to further distribute Chandra press releases. - Upgraded hardware/software to accommodate NASA TV upgrade to telestreaming. PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS (cont.) July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005 PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS (cont.) July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc -Prepared Monthly Science Highlight for NASA HQ, MSFC -7 Astronomy Picture of the Day, plus 16 reference links to Chandra Public Web site -15 HEASARC Picture of the Week -3 Space.com Image of the Day -Monthly updates of 2-3 features to NASA Portal & Smithsonian Institution Research Portal, based on new monthly press and image releases. -2 NASA Portal special "banners" (Daily Discovery, Week in Review) for CAS A, 3C58. 2 Smithsonian Portal special “banners” for Cas A/Fifth anniversary, MS Monthly updates of 2-3 features to ViewSpace for "Celestial Update" feature (~120 sites) CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc -2 Chandra Chronicle articles -15 Chandra Digests (electronic newsletter) -27 permissions for image, video and content use Examples: Princeton U. Press book of Chandra images (Kim Weaver), The History Channel, Discovery Channel, McGraw Hill textbook, international Atlas of the Universe (UK) -69 Requests for Chandra materials including Challenger Center (VA), U Nebraska, Whipple Obs, Museum of Natural History (RI), physics program at The Citadel, Ft. Worth Museum of Science (TX) -1 additional citation in PSIGate, an on-line, peer-reviewed reference site for the physcial sciences CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH (cont.) CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH (cont.)

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc 23 Teacher Enrichment and Professional Educator Development Workshops In collaboration with Wright Center for Science Education, 3 workshops for 58 teachers, June 23-July 2, workshops, co-sponsored with National Science Olympiad reaching 96 middle and high school teachers in Michigan (July 7) and Wisconsin (July 22) 6 sessions at National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) regional meeting, Indiannapolis reaching 254 teachers 3 sessions at NSTA regional meeting, Seattle, reaching 199 teachers 7 sessions at NSTA regional meeting, Richmond, reaching 190 teachers 1 day-long workshop at AAPT winter meeting (Albuquerque, Jan. 8) reaching 10 teachers 1 workshop at Wyoming Science Teacher's Association reaching 42 teachers EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc Co-Sponsor Rutgers Summer Astrophysics Institute for 30 high school students, 6 pre-service education students and 8 teachers. Other Education - Scientists  H. Tananbaum presented Dean Lecture on Chandra at Morrision Planetarium, (San Francisco)  J. Vrtilek talked to 4th & 8th graders, Cambridge, MA - Chandra Educator and Resource Agents  4 talks to science and planetarium groups Jan. AAS presentations -Presented poster paper, and 4-day demo at "Gadgets and Gizmos" special session on software and activities using Chandra data in the classroom. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (cont.)

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc Held in Cambridge, MA Oct , member panel representing science, education, museum, Forum, and NASA mission and management perspectives 10 Proposals received and reviewed, 4 individual, 6 institutional involving 24 scientists One individual proposal and 5 institutional proposals selected for funding, allocating $198,684 out of $200K available EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH PEER REVIEW, Cycle 6

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH PEER REVIEW, Cycle 6 FUNDED PROPOSALS Individual 1. Building Interest in Science Among Middle School-Age Girls Using Big Explosions and Strong Gravity (collaboration with Girl Scout Council) Science PI: Dr. Ann Hornschemeier (JHU/GSFC) Institutional 2. The Chandra Astrophysics Institute (classroom research for underserved gifted) Science PI: Dr. Frederick Baganoff (MIT) 3. Chandra After-School Astronomy Project (after school program for underserved minority population) Science PI: Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT)

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY cxc EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH PEER REVIEW, Cycle 6 FUNDED PROPOSALS (cont.) 4. Does Dark Matter Really Exist? (multi-media resources for product developers) Science PI: Dr. Megan Donahue (MSU) 5. Tenth Annual Penn State In-Service Workshops Science PI: Prof. Eric Feigleson (PSU) 6. Stellar Evolution Planetarium Show at the Science Museum of Virginia Science PI: Gregory Sivakof (UVA)

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