Season 2, Episode 2 / Attending the 2022 ASGSR Conference with Ellie Novak

12/01/22 • 5 min

This year, the Minnehaha Academy ISS Team—a group of students who have the opportunity to send a fully autonomous experiment to the International Space Station under the direction of Tim Swanson and Joy Reist—attended the 2022 ASGSR (American Society for Gravitational and Space Research) Conference in Houston, Texas. Ellie Novak—a two-time ISS Team Member—shares her experiences attending the conference as a high school student.

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The 27th annual COP—Conference of the Parties—convened on November 6. At this conference, 197 nations will negotiate responses to the climate crisis. However, have the promises made at previous COPs been fulfilled? Further, how does science inform this political gathering?

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