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 Volume 9, Number 4 • July/August 2001

Innovation cover

About the Cover: Marshall Space Flight Center’s Project LASER (Learning About Science, Engineering and Research) provides support for mentor/tutor requests, education tours, classroom presentations and curriculum development. Here, students view their reflections in an x-ray mirror at the Discovery Laboratory, an on-site MSFC laboratory facility that provides hands-on educational workshop sessions for teachers’ and students’ learning activities.

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Contents

Welcome to Innovation

NASA Education

Cover Story

NASA’s Role in Education

Technology Transfer

JPL Licenses Technology to Map Earth
Students Launch Mars VE
Web-Based Learning Tool Licensed
NASA Traffic Scheduler Seeks Commerical Partners

Advanced Technologies

Air Pollution Monitored from Space
Satellite Maps Urban Sprawl
Satellite Technology Helps on the Farm
Free NASA Software A Hit With Public

Aerospace Technology Development

Next-Generation Space Transportation Effort Launched
Experiment Demonstrates Improved Test Method
Science Demonstration Missions Receive Funding
Technology Allows Engineers To “See” Airframe Noise

Small Business/SBIR

Alert System Warns of Hazard
Small Business Develops Risk Analysis System
SBIR Research Yields Spin-Off Company
Phase II Awards Announced

Moving Forward

Technology Opportunity Showcase
NCTN Directory
Events
Commercial Development

 

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