NASA SCaN - GAVRT Social Media Support & GRC SCaN Digital Media Support - SIP

GAVRT Social Media Support:
Half of the intern’s time will focus on a collaborative effort between NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, the Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) program, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The communications intern will assist with the improvement and implementation of GAVRT’s digital media presence, with a focus on social media. The intent for this position is listed below:

     1. Increase Public Awareness: Introducing GAVRT and its key ideas to a broader                           audience.
     2. Engage Current Users: Remind participants what GAVRT offers to highlight the ever
        developing campaigns.
     3. Attract Citizen Scientists: Highlights the opportunities for individual involvement.

The communications intern will work with JPL scientists and educators at the Lewis Center for Educational Research to ensure that descriptions of the science campaigns are accurate, yet comprehensible to educators, and available to the public. Tasks include:

       • Reviewing all GAVRT-specific content across NASA and GAVRT ecosystems.
       • Auditing written content for existing website, promo materials, and basic curriculum               descriptions.
       • Collecting and sorting content.
       • Identifying areas for improvement + making edit recommendations for stakeholder &             Subject Matter Expert (SME) review in science and engineering.
       • Drafting revisions for currency and consistency across all platforms (newsletters,                     social, promo, etc.)
       • Mirroring agency web best practices.
       • Incorporating SME updates; send to Public Engagement (PE) Lead to circulate for final           web updates/publishing.

GRC SCaN Digital Media Support:
The second half of the intern’s time will focus on providing strategic communications support to the Policy & Strategic Communications (PSC) team within the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) office at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. The PSC Office supports NASA’s goal of promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education to all students and provides strategic communications support to the GRC SCaN project portfolio. Tasks could include:
       • Technical writing: assisting with the writing of publicly available NASA products such                as articles, blog posts, social media posts, talking points, website content, video                      scripts, print material, and more.
       • Assisting with the coordination of SCaN-focused media products produced by                         external organizations.

NASA’s Space Communication and Navigation program, or SCaN, serves as the program office for all of NASA’s space communications operations. Over 100 NASA and non-NASA missions rely on SCaN’s two networks, the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network, to monitor Earth’s weather and effects of climate changes, support lunar exploration, uncover the solar system and beyond, and peer back in time to understand the origins of the universe. SCaN provides the strategic guidance necessary to ensure NASA's space communication resources continue to meet the needs of their customers and the agency for years to come. SCaN is actively engaged in the wider international community dedicated to interoperability and compatibility for space communications and navigation.

To learn more: Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program - NASA. To learn more about the SCaN Intern Project at NASA GRC, visit https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/scan/business/psc/scan-intern-project/.
Glenn Core Competency: Communications Technology and Development.