Throughout my education I was very active in amateur astronomy, especially with meteors and variable stars. Physics was my training, astronomy was my hobby. It was only after graduate school that I started to think that I should make my hobby, my career.

This calendar highlights just a few of the many ways that NASA Science is making discoveries that affect us all and showcases some pioneers and leaders in the field who make us all aspire to constantly reach even higher.

Do you love talking about space? Does the seemingly infinite amount of cosmic content leave you feeling a bit overwhelmed? Before searching the internet for random images, try out these resources specifically curated by NASA to help you talk about everything from the Moon to Mars.

This book stands at an intersection of science and art. From its origins, NASA has studied our planet in novel ways, using ingenious tools to study physical processes at work—from beneath the crust to the edge of the atmosphere.