1. Astrophysics Missions E/PO Updates March 11, 2015 (For Period December 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014) Astrophysics Forum

2. Chandra X-ray Observatory Multi-Media, Social Media Products and Events 1 science release podcast: Colliding spiral galaxies (NGC 2207) 1 Space Scoop for Kids podcast (shock wave from SN 2010jl) 5 Blog entries: 2 on science releases; final installation from Chandra 15 th anniversary - STS93 crew on launch of Chandra; artistic representation of Chandra archive in award winning quilt on display at Smithsonian Ripley Center (Feb. 4-May1); launch of Hour of Code STEM project (see below and accompanying nugget). Outreach/Public Engagement HTE showed at Univ. St. Thomas, St. Paul MN in December. Developed 21 panel/42 image CXC IYL exhibit to focus on NASA Astrophysics content Education Activities “Hour of Code” coding programming initiative for gr. 4-12 students launched in collaboration with Google and Pencil Code. Provided science content, image files, and recorded video segments. 350 students participated on launch day. 1 presentation at Orlando FL regional NSTA conference Presented poster on Chandra education collaborations at NRC workshop Future Events/Activities HTE to show at Georgetown County Library, Georgetown SC for Jan “Light Behind the Bulb” IYL exhibits to show at Jan. AAS meeting in Seattle, opening ceremonies in Paris, IAU General Assembly, Chicago O’Hare Airport. Schedule established for CXC IYL exhibit, starting in April 2015 Submitted presentations for IYL and NASA education sessions at Jan AAS Agreed to participate in AAS education event at Jan AAS Set dates for PD collaborations with McAuliffe Center, Framingham MA: Teacher PD with HTE (Jan), McAuliffe Dlight Director PD (March), Elementary teacher PD with Stop for Science (April). Contact: Kathy Lestition kathy@head.cfa.harvard.edu

3. Fermi/Swift/XMM/EPOESS/NuSTAR 1) Cominsky attended the meeting Swift: 10 years of Discovery and presented a poster entitled “10 years of Communications and Outreach with Swift.” The meeting was held in Rome, Italy, 12/1-5/14. Aurore Simonnet designed the poster and also helped with conference item designs. 2) Kevin McLin participated in the AGU Exploration Station event, doing the X-ray and Gamma-ray demos on 12/14/14. 3) An article about Cominsky’s WIA award appeared in the Zonta Newsletter: https://mlsvc01- prod.s3.amazonaws.com/40736f60101/e0e3a4ed-1fec-473c-b053-92283e8ea813.pdf and also on the Great River Learning blog page (they are the publishers of Big Ideas in Cosmology):https://mlsvc01- prod.s3.amazonaws.com/40736f60101/e0e3a4ed-1fec-473c-b053-92283e8ea813.pdf http://www.greatriverblog.com/big-ideas-in-cosmology-author-wins-wias-aerospace-awareness-award/ 4) The proposals for free S4 kits from the top 25 TARC teams were evaluated and the winners informed. We will be sending 3 kits to Jerry Liang from Newark Memorial High School (CA), Ryan Reed from Northview High School (OH) and Steve Bullock from Elena L. Christian Jr. High School (American Virgin Islands). The launches will occur in June 2015 at Black Rock, NV. Contact: Lynn Cominsky lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu

4. STScI (HST/JWST) On December 2, STScI’s Office of Public Outreach held its monthly Public Lecture Series. STScI’s Dr. Joshua Peek was the featured speaker, presenting a talk entitled “Outer Space!" to members of the Baltimore community. Dr. Frank Summers served as host and presented a short summary of recent astronomical discoveries called "News from the Universe.” Lithographs of supernova remnant 0509 (aka the red bubble) were distributed to the live audience of approximately 95 attendees. Additionally, the event was webcast and the recordings are available in the STScI webcast archive. Contact: Hussein Jirdeh jirdeh@stsci.edu Bonnie Eisenhamer bonnie@stsci.edu

5. Highlights and Nuggets The submission of E/PO highlights and nuggets to NASA HQ is a voluntary exercise that our community participates in on a monthly basis. Highlights are submitted by Astrophysics missions and program offices to help NASA stay up-to-date on these E/PO activities. Nuggets are sent separately, and are submitted by missions, program offices, ROSES awards, and Forums to assist SMD in communicating the accomplishments of its E/PO program. Below is a list of the Astrophysics missions and program offices that submit highlights and/or nuggets. The frequency of submissions is at the discretion of the E/PO lead. Advance Composition Explorer (ACE) Chandra X-ray Observatory Exoplanet Exploration Fermi/Swift/XMM Kepler NASA Goddard Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) Planck Space Telescope Science Institute (HST/JWST) Spitzer Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) WISE