The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), established in 1997 through a National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) competition, is a 12-university consortium dedicated to space life
science research
and education. NSBRI's Education
and Public Outreach Program (EPOP) has partnered with Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to support NSBRI-NASA's education mission, which is to strengthen the nation's future
science workforce through initiatives that communicate space exploration biology research findings to schools; support undergraduate
and graduate programs; fund postdoctoral fellowships;
and engage national
and international audiences in collegial ex
changes that promote
global visions for space exploration education.
This paper describes select MSM–NSBRI–EPOP activities, including scholarly interchanges with audiences in Austria, Canada, France, China, Greece, Italy, Scotland and Spain. The paper also makes the case for a global space exploration education vision that inspires students, engages educators and informs general audiences about the benefits that space exploration holds for life on Earth.