Posted on June 18th, 2012 by Mary Lord
When the Space Shuttle Discovery made its final flight May 12 and landed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space annex in northern Virginia, it marked “a very emotional, poignant, bittersweet moment” for former astronaut Mike Mullane. A few short weeks later, a spacecraft named Dragon made history as the first commercial vehicle ever to successfully berth at the International Space Station.
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Tags: Aerospace Engineering, astronaut, capsule, commercial spacecraft, International Space Station, NASA, Space, space shuttle, SpaceX
Posted on August 30th, 2011 by Jaimie Schock
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently announced the new Fall 2011 Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest for students in grades 5-12. Winners are invited to a teleconference with Cassini scientists and engineers from the lab. The contest deadline is Oct. 26, 2011.
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Tags: Astronomy, Competition, Competitions for Students, Contest, Contests, Essay Competition, NASA, Space
Posted on June 5th, 2011 by ASEE
Two Houston engineers have won a competition for low-cost experiments that high school students could send aboard a suborbital space flight. They have designed an inexpensive microgravity spaceflight kit that allows students to conduct three experiments demonstrating important principles of science and engineering.
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Competition, Competitions for Students, NASA, Physics, Space
Posted on March 27th, 2011 by ASEE
Many kids dream of exploring space, but few get much further than their schoolyards. This is not true of students in Tekna-Theos, a Florida after-school program bursting with science activities and contests. They’ve set their sights high, designing and building mini-satellites and preparing a payload to test the effect of weightlessness on bone cells. Some have actually experienced “Zero-G.”
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, CubeSat, NASA, Satellite, Satellite imagery, Satellites, Space, Teachers
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
NASA’s Multimedia Gallery provides educators a wealth of supporting material, from an extensive image gallery — featuring current and historic NASA missions, the planets of the universe, and the latest material from the Hubble Space telescope –videos, podcasts, NASA television, blogs, and interactive features.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
The Great Lakes Spaceport Education Foundation, Inc.’s Rockets for Schools program allows students to experience the excitement of building-high power rockets, coordinating a rocket launch and working hands-on with industry professionals. This program is open to students of varied socio-economic backgrounds in grades 6-12 from a five state area in the Midwest. Rockets for Schools 2010 is scheduled for Friday, May 7th and Saturday, May 8th in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Tags: Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, Aerospace, Events, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, NASA, Programs for Students, Space, Web Resources
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by ASEE
In this 3-day professional development institute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, middle and high school teachers engage with a global gravity data set to understand how water distribution across the globe is affected by climate change, and learn how NASA scientists gather and interpret data. Dates: Feb. 17, 18, 19, 2010; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: Free. Application deadline: Jan. 12.
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Tags: NASA, Professional Development, Programs for Teachers, Satellite, Space
Posted on November 14th, 2009 by ASEE
When NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis takes off for the International Space Station, a University of Colorado at Bolder butterfly experiment will be aboard, monitored from Earth by thousands of K-12 students.
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Biology, NASA, Space
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by ASEE
Participants of this free, one-day online conference join in interactive discussions on the Apollo program and its historical impact. Teachers are invited to explore ways to teach the use of primary source materials. All sessions will be archived and available for future replay.
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Conference, Conferences and Meetings, Events, Museums, NASA, Space, Student Conference, Website
