Press Events

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Press Events
39 Press Events 3 Space Science Updates -
Perseus Cluster Chandra "Hears" a Black
Hole - RXJ1242-11 Star Being Torn
Apart by Tidal Forces from Black Hole
- Galaxy Cluster Study Using Galaxy
Clusters as New Line of Investigation on
Dark Energy2 Video Releases - Vela Pulsar
Jet - Goods (Joint with HST)
5 Press Conferences - Metallicity in Antennae
(Jan. 04 AAS) - C153, joint with HST
(Jan. 04 AAS) - SS433, MIT (Jan.
04 AAS) - Lunar Prospecting with Chandra
(4 Yr. Symposium) - Spinning Black Holes
(4 Yr. Symposium)18 Press Releases11
Image Releases
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Press Results
Press Results

• 243 Print Stories
• 325 Broadcast Stories
• 310 Web Stories
• Other Press News
• Ron Cowen wins Schramm Award for
• reporting on Chandra XTE J1550
• Scientist Contact Initiative
• All scientists receiving a Chandra grant will be
  
• contacted by the EPO press team and asked
  about
• newsworthy science results. Contacts have
  been
• completed for Cycles 4 and 5, and follow up
  is underway.

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Chandra Science Results Used in Outreach
- Prepared Science Highlight of the Month for
NASA HQ - 18 Astronomy Picture of the Day, plus
27 reference links to Chandra Public Web
site - 24 HEASARC Picture of the Week - 7
Space.com Image of the Day - Monthly updates of
2-3 features to NASA Portal, to Smithsonian
Institution Research Portal, based on new monthly
press and image releases - Monthly updates
of 2-3 features to ViewSpace for "Celestial
Update" feature (120 sites)
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Chandra Science Results Used in Outreach, cont.
- 10 Chandra Chronicle articles tied to Space
Science Updates or press release topics - 27
Chandra Digests (electronic newsletter) - Over
70 permissions for image, video and content use
Examples Video/animation requested by Nova,
MIT, GSFC, HST, Discovery Canada
requests for image and content use
for MIT on-line course, McGraw Hill on-line
encyclopedia, high school research
projects, PBS education materials, American
Science Decathalon study guide, National
Science Olympiad study guide - 3
additional citations in PsiGate, an on-line,
peer-reviewed reference site for the
physical sciences - Continue to disseminate
printed material (posters, lithos, etc.) to
educators, workshops, astronomy events
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Education Activities

• - Presented invited talk at special Great
  Observatories education session
• organized by Jay Pasachoff at Jan. AAS
• - Teacher Enrichment and Professional Educator
  Development Workshops
• in collaboration with Wright Center for
  Science Education
• Held 3 workshops for 70 educators, June-July
  2003
• Holding 3 workshops June 23-July 2, 2004
• - Education Presentations
• Scientists EPO staff
• Chandra Workshops Martin Elvis, Janet
  Mattei, Terry Matilsky,
• Kim Kowal, April Hobart
• Other 12 school presentations
• Chandra Educator and Resource Agents
• 48 talks and presentations including
  regional and national
• NSTA meetings, national AAPT meetings,
  Arizona, North Dakota,
• Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maine state
  science teacher
• meetings, Astronomy Day and Space Day
  events, National Science

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Cycle 6 EPO
Cycle 6 Supplemental EPO Grants
- CfP has been posted - EPO Proposal Deadline is
Sept. 10, 2004 - Have abandoned RPS system.
Developed screen fillable forms. - New option is
"Team" proposals. Same idea as Institutional
proposals except can involve multiple
institutions - Criteria revised to track with
new NASA evaluation guidelines - Peer review
scheduled for Oct. 20-22, 2004