Each one has the right to share in the knowledge and understanding which society provides. -- Albert Einstein, 1936

One of the three central missions of NASA's Vision is to "inspire the next generation of explorers . . . as only NASA can." NASA's Office of Space Science (OSS) has an extraordinary potential for contributing to this mission. The discoveries and new knowledge from our missions and research programs have engaged people's imaginations, informed teachers, and excited students and the public about science and exploration. We are committed to utilizing our resources to foster the broad involvement of the space science community in education and public outreach (EPO) with the goal of enhancing the nation's formal education system and contributing to the broad public understanding of science, mathematics and technology.

To realize this potential, we have established a Space Science EPO "Support Network" to make education at all levels and the enhanced public understanding of science integral parts of the Space Science missions and research programs.