NASA Chief Heads to South America for Space Cooperation Talks

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As part of a series of meetings with key government officials, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia beginning Monday, July 24.

Nelson will meet with space officials in each country as well as Argentinian President Alberto Fernndez to deepen bilateral cooperation across a broad range of innovation and research-related areas, especially in Earth science to achieve our nations mutual goals of addressing climate change and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Students in each country also will have the opportunity to meet with Nelson to discuss science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and their roles as members of the Artemis Generation.

NASA is engaged in a wide range of activities with the nations, including SERVIR Amazonia, which uses NASAs Earth science data to empower scientists and decisionmakers across the region to track and understand environmental changes in near real-time, evaluate climatic threats like deforestation and food security, and rapidly respond to natural disasters.

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