NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to give researchers a more accurate picture of the energy entering and leaving Earth. The PREFIRE mission will help close a gap in our understanding of how […]
(Soldotna) – ADF&G and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are collaborating on a multi-year radio tagging study of adult coho salmon in the Kenai River drainage. Fall and winter of 2023 is the second year of a three-year study to assess run timing, migratory patterns, and spawning distribution of coho salmon in the Kenai River drainage. […]
DEED is partnering with nonprofit DonorsChoose to fund up to $1,000 in classroom supplies for each Alaska public school teacher JUNEAU, AK – Monday, Acting Commissioner Heidi Teshner announced that the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) is allocating $2 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to help pre-K to 12th grade public […]
More than 50 researchers will be in Alaska in August for the resumption of a science summer school that culminates with experiments at the High-frequency Active Aurora Research Program facility operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science Summer School was last held more than 10 years ago. […]