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Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work \u201cto the widest extent practicable.\u201d From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, NASA has effectively moved into social media and other online communications. NASA\u2019s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), which gave NASA 13 nominations for the academy\u2019s Webby Awards this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marc Etkind<\/p>\n
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Voting for the Webby People\u2019s Voice Awards\u2014chosen by the public\u2014is open now through Thursday, April 18. Voting links for each category are listed below. <\/p>\n
Space Images
NASA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
Apps & Software-General Apps | Education, Science & Reference<\/p>\n
The Space Images app provides stunning new images of space, planets, Mars, asteroids, stars, galaxies, and cutting-edge space technology as they are released each week from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.<\/p>\n
NASA: Message in a Bottle
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Advertising, Media & PR-PR Campaigns | Best Community Engagement<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Message in a Bottle campaign invited people around the world to sign their names to a poem written by the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Lim\u00f3n. The poem connects the two water worlds \u2014 Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The campaign was a special collaboration, uniting art and science, by NASA, the U.S. Poet Laureate, and the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Curious Universe
Podcasts-Shows | Science & Education<\/p>\n
As an official NASA podcast, Curious Universe brings you mind-blowing science and space adventures you won\u2019t find anywhere else. Explore the cosmos alongside astronauts, scientists, engineers, and other top NASA experts who are achieving remarkable feats in science, space exploration, and aeronautics. Learn something new about the wild and wonderful universe we share. All you need to get started is a little curiosity. NASA\u2019s Curious Universe is an official NASA podcast hosted by Padi Boyd and Jacob Pinter. <\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Curious Universe: Suiting Up for Space
Podcasts-Individual Episodes | Science & Education<\/p>\n
Spacesuits are more than just garments \u2013 in the airless vacuum of space or on the freezing surface of the moon, they keep astronauts alive. In this episode of NASA\u2019s Curious Universe podcast, we explore how NASA engineers like Amy Ross and Paromita Mitra contributed to the development of the next generation of spacesuits.<\/p>\n
Hubble\u2019s Servicing Mission 1
Social-Social Content Series | Education & Science<\/p>\n
Shortly after its 1990 deployment, NASA discovered a flaw in the observatory\u2019s primary mirror that affected the clarity of the telescope\u2019s early images. Fortunately, Hubble\u2019s design allowed astronauts to perform repairs, replace parts, and update its technology with new instruments while in orbit. Servicing Mission 1 was the first opportunity to install corrective optics that counteracted the primary mirror\u2019s flaw, add new instruments, and conduct planned maintenance on the telescope.<\/p>\n
NASA Social Media
Social-Features | Best Overall Social Presence, Brand<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s flagship social media accounts host dynamic conversations about what\u2019s new with America\u2019s space agency, and why it matters. Spanning 15 social media platforms, these accounts reach more than 200 million people around the world.<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s First Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Social-Social Campaigns | Education & Science<\/p>\n
Science fiction became reality on Sept. 24, 2023 when NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered rocks older than our own planet to the Utah desert, rocks that contain clues to the early solar system and the origins of life. The accompanying social media campaign and in-person, behind-the-scenes NASA Social event gave the public an inside look into NASA\u2019s first mission to deliver an asteroid sample to Earth.<\/p>\n
Annular Solar Eclipse
NASA, ADNET Systems Inc.
Social-Social Campaigns | Events & Live Streams<\/p>\n
On Oct. 14, 2023, audiences across the web joined us live as a \u201cring of fire\u201d eclipse. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere experienced this eclipse.<\/p>\n
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return (Official 4K NASA Live Stream)
Video-General Video | Events & Live Streams<\/p>\n
Live coverage of OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, as it returned to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, to drop off material from asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft didn\u2019t land, but continued on to a new mission, OSIRIS-APEX, to explore asteroid Apophis. Meanwhile, scientists hope the Bennu sample OSIRIS-REx dropped into the Utah desert will offer clues to whether asteroids colliding with Earth billions of years ago brought water and other key ingredients for life here.<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Immersive Earth
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Metaverse & Virtual-General Virtual Experiences | Science & Education<\/p>\n
NASA created the Earth Information Center with founding partners FEMA, EPA, NOAA, USAID, USDA and USGS. The Earth Information Center draws data from research conducted by NASA\u2019s centers and government and industry partners. The interactive physical exhibit is located inside NASA Headquarters in Washington, where visitors are invited to see how our planet is changing in six key areas: sea level rise and coastal impacts, health and air quality, wildfires, greenhouse gases, sustainable energy, and agriculture.<\/p>\n
NASA.gov
Websites and Mobile Sites-General Desktop & Mobile Sites | Government & Associations<\/p>\n
The new NASA web experience serves as an ever-expanding yet consolidated homebase for information about the agency\u2019s missions and research, climate data, Artemis updates, and more. The updated nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites provide a connected, topic-driven experience, with a common search engine, integrated navigation, and optimized publishing capabilities in a modernized and secure set of web tools.<\/p>\n
NASA+ Streaming Service
Websites and Mobile Sites-General Desktop & Mobile Sites | Television, Film & Streaming<\/p>\n
Through the ad-free, no cost, and family-friendly streaming service, users gain access to the agency\u2019s Emmy Award-winning live coverage and views into NASA\u2019s missions through collections of original video series, including new series debuting on the streaming service. NASA+ also streams live event coverage, where people everywhere can watch in real-time as the agency launches science experiments and astronauts to space, and ultimately, the first woman and person of color to the Moon.<\/p>\n
Hubble\u2019s Inside the Image
NASA, Origin Films
Video-Video Series & Channels | Science & Education<\/p>\n
In this ongoing series, astronomers explain the history and high-level science behind some of Hubble\u2019s most beautiful, groundbreaking, and iconic images.<\/p>\n
Established in 1996, The Webbys is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)\u2014a 3000+ member judging body comprised of leading Internet experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities. The Webbys honors excellence in nine major media types: websites and mobile sites, video, advertising, media and public relations, apps and software, social, podcasts, games and Metaverse, virtual and artificial Intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n
The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category\u2014The Webby Award and The Webby People\u2019s Voice Award. Members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the Winners of The Webby Awards. The Webby People\u2019s Voice is awarded by the voting public. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n