Andika mwendelezo wa aya hii - Kitabu cha 2012 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" cha National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine kilinukuu ukweli kwamba Utawala wa Obama ulikaribisha Usiku wa kwanza wa Astronomy ya White House, kama kielelezo cha msaada wa Rais kwa elimu katika uwanja wa STEM. Kitabu cha 2014 "Mwezi Mpya: Maji, Uchunguzi, na Makao ya Baadaye" na Arlin Crotts ilijadili uthamini wa umuhimu wa elimu ya sayansi na Utawala wa Obama, ikitaja Usiku wa Astronomy ya White House na kuingizwa kwa Lunar Electric Rover ya NASA katika kuapishwa kwa kwanza kwa Barack Obama
kama mifano muhimu. "Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space", a 2015 biography of the astronaut by Lynn Sherr, discussed Ride's attendance at the 2009 White House Astronomy Night and commented that she enjoyed talking with youngsters about the possibility of humans visiting Mars in the future. "Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space", a 2015 biography of the astronaut by Lynn Sherr, discussed Ride's attendance at the 2009 White House Astronomy Night and commented that she enjoyed talking with youngsters about the possibility of humans visiting Mars in the future. "Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space", a 2015 biography of the astronaut by Lynn Sherr, discussed Ride's attendance at the 2009 White House Astronomy Night and commented that she enjoyed talking with youngsters about the possibility of humans visiting Mars in the future.