“NASA successfully launched a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments with the RockOn/RockSat-C programs at 6 a.m., today. More than 200 middle school and university students and instructors participating…
Month: June 2015
ESA's Parabolic Flight Opportunities for Students Restart
“The ESA Education Office’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme is back, after having a short break of three years. The first new flight campaign is planned for late 2016. The deadline for applications…
LISA Pathfinder Prepares For Final Exams
“The summer is coming and that means students across Europe are sitting their final tests. ESA’s LISA Pathfinder, a technology demonstrator that will pave the way for space-based gravitational wave observatories, is…
American Team Wins International Rocketry Competition
“Seven students from the Russellville City Schools of Russellville, Ala., won first place in the International Rocketry Challenge at the 2015 Paris Air Show on June 19. The U.S. team, sponsored by…
Future Engineers Look Toward Future of Space Exploration
“The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Foundation, SpaceX, Digital Domain and NASA gave the finalists of the Space Tools 3-D Design Challenge a chance to see the future of space exploration…
NASA Hosts Rocket Week at Wallops Flight Facility
“Students and educators from across the country will have the chance to be rocket scientists during Rocket Week, June 20-26 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. About 150 university and community…
NASA, UN Photo Competition Highlights Why Space Matters on Earth
NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have launched a global photography competition to highlight how the vantage point of space helps us better understand our home planet,…
How To Un-inspire The Next Generation
“In following the incessant debate about potential NASA missions, I often hear NASA leaders, industry advocates and Congressional champions alike point to the value of these missions to inspire the next generation….
15 Year Old Discovers a New Planet
“A 15-yr-old schoolboy has discovered a new planet orbiting a star 1000 light years away in our galaxy. Tom Wagg was doing work-experience at Keele University when he spotted the planet by…
Genes in Space Finalists
“Boeing, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), Math for America (MÆ’A), and miniPCR named five finalists in the first ever Genes in Space competition. The innovative contest called…
Coming Soon: NASA's Summer Institute for Science Teachers
“Maryland teachers will soon embark on NASA’s mission to enhance science learning in elementary schools across the state. During the month of July, educators will study the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding area…
NASA Selects Projects for X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge
“NASA is working with eight U.S. universities on new technology projects for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey to Mars, as part of the 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge. The challenge,…