Astronomical Society of the Pacific/SETI Institute

As part of an ongoing effort to make all NASA scientific activities more understandable and accessible to educators and the general public, an extensive education and public outreach program will be conducted for SOFIA. Hundreds of educators will fly on SOFIA missions, taking their experiences back to classrooms, museums, and planetariums across the country. The Education and Public Outreach program is being jointly developed and operated by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, a worldwide organization of astronomers and educators, and the SETI Institute, a scientific research and education organization that conducted the successful teacher flight program for NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory.

Contacts:

SOFIA Education and Public Outreach
NASA Ames Research Center MS-144-2
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

Dr. Dana E. Backman
Associate Director of SOFIA for Education and Public Outreach
dbackman@mail.arc.nasa.gov