2025 NASA Red Sox STEM Day

The annual NASA Red Sox STEM day took place on June 4 at Fenway Park. An estimated 3,000+ students and teachers from the New England/Boston area came out to learn about NASA’s current and future missions to explore the universe through a series of exhibits set up on the concourse. Meanwhile, on the main field a variety of fun activities were taking place, including the Green Monster Egg Drop, and Water Bottle Rocket launch competitions.

TESS volunteers used our traveling transit model to demonstrate how TESS searches for planets around distant stars and passed out informational posters and activity books. The REDSoX used sunglasses and filters to teach students about polarized light emitted from black holes, and handed out bookmarks to build momentum for the mission’s forthcoming launch. The Chandra, James Webb, and Nancy Roman Grace Space Telescopes booths were also popular with children and adults alike.

Overall the event was a huge success, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

Ace Metivier shows off the features of the REDSoX rocket while Swati Ravi and Sarah Trowbridge Heine give a demonstration about polarized light.

REDSoX volunteers Swati Ravi and Sarah Trowbridge Heine demonstrate the use of filters to study polarized light.

TESS@MIT volunteer Katharine Hesse hands out info-graphics and activity books while Aaron Householder and Sydney Jenkins use the exoplanet transit demonstration to explain how TESS uses transits to find planets around distant stars.