{"id":233629,"date":"2025-06-11T22:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=872502"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:01:33","slug":"nasa-glenn-joins-cosis-big-science-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=233629","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn Joins COSI\u2019s Big Science Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A girl wearing a virtual reality headset reaches her hands out in front of her to view objects through the headset.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 76% 17%; object-position: 76% 17%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg 2174w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00014.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">At COSI\u2019s Big Science Celebration on Sunday, May 4, 2025, a young visitor uses one of NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s virtual reality headsets to immerse herself in a virtual environment. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credit: NASA\/Lily Hammel<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center joined the Center for Science and Industry (COSI) Big Science Celebration on the museum&#8217;s front lawn in Columbus, Ohio, on May 4. This event centered on science activities by STEM professionals, researchers, and experts from Central Ohio \u2014 and despite chilly, damp weather, it drew more than 20,000 visitors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A little girl holding an umbrella over her head looks at a table with cut out shapes from dark construction paper on the projection screen. There is a sensor above the table that detects the shape of the cutout and then simulates the airflow around the shape.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg 2351w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=300,273 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=768,700 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=1024,933 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=1536,1400 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=2048,1867 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=400,365 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=600,547 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=900,820 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=1200,1094 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grc-2025-cn-00015.jpg?resize=2000,1823 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">At COSI\u2019s Big Science Celebration on Sunday, May 4, 2025, a young visitor steps out of the rain and into NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s booth to check out the Graphics and Visualization Lab\u2019s augmented reality fluid flow table that allows users to virtually explore a model of the International Space Station.  <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credit: NASA\/Lily Hammel<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA\u2019s 10-by-80-foot tent housed a variety of information booths and hands-on demonstrations to introduce guests to the vital research being performed at the Cleveland center. Popular attractions included a mini wind tunnel and multiple augmented and virtual reality demonstrations. Visitors also engaged through tangram puzzles and a cosmic selfie station. NASA Glenn\u2019s astronaut mascot made several appearances to the delight of young and old alike.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aerospacefrontiers\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Return to Newsletter\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Return to Newsletter<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center joined the Center for Science and Industry (COSI) Big Science Celebration on the museum\u2019s front lawn in Columbus, Ohio, on May 4. This event centered on science activities by STEM professionals, researchers, and experts from Central Ohio \u2014 and despite chilly, damp weather, it drew more than 20,000 visitors.\u00a0 NASA\u2019s 10-by-80-foot [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15835],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace-frontiers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233646,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233629\/revisions\/233646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}