We'd love to hear WHAT DO YOU THINK are the most important things that NASA does? Many people know the Hubble Telescope and that NASA rovers roam across Mars.  But do you know what planet NASA studies the most?  Do you know what the first "A" in NASA stands for, WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP?!

Our videos explore the surprisingly wide world of NASA, tracking pollution, underground water, all sorts of useful things - from space. Our next video is about "CubeSats" cute little satellites the size of a shoe box.  And yes, NASA does test airplanes in wind tunnels (did you see Hidden Figures? That's a real NASA wind tunnel)

Thank you for the video, Doug. Great to hear that you have done front end work to discover what audiences for your programs already know about NASA's work. Curious how you are assessing impact and what you are learning about which learning strategies and platforms have traction.

We’re at an early stage assessing impact. Right now we’re just measuring distribution and a “pre” survey what audiences knew about NASA coming in. We do live surveying at our own museum and surveys at others. We may simply ask, “ what’s the most interesting thing you learned about NASA? Ideas about what else we might do

Thanks for sharing this project, Doug. Is there any particular age group or other audience segment that you are targeting through this project?

Hi Kalie, we expect to be understood by older elementary through adult.  We want high school students to think that space-related careers are interesting.

A few compelling story lines here- NASA's rich and varied scope of research, sometimes relatively unknown beyond space exploration, the amazing technology of the Grace satellites in mapping water (and lack of) on earth and the opportunities for exciting, satisfying careers in science. What kinds of experiences do you find have been transformative for audiences?

Gathering responses now. Don’t know yet

Great work, Doug, looking forward to hearing about your findings and future directions.