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NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge

NASA's EDC gives students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight.

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International Space Station Expedition 30/31 flight engineer Don Pettit poses with a drinking water container, two syringes and a knitting needle at a workstation in the Harmony node. A video camera is set up to record his activities. A homemade Van de Graaff generator also is in view. (NASA)

Astronaut Don Pettit Wins NASA Engineer of the Year

Don Pettit was awarded NASA Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers/Professional Engineers in Government.

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Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit

Astronaut Pettit Shared Passion for Science From Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit used everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."

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Welcome Aboard Teach Station

Check out NASA's space station page for educators and students.

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  • NASA Honors Sally Ride with a National Tribute at Kennedy Center

    05.14.13 - NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. EDT.

  • Hangout Connects Space Station, "Star Trek Into Darkness" Crews

    05.14.13 - The director and some actors in the film "Star Trek Into Darkness" will join NASA as it hosts a Google+ Hangout from noon to 12:45 p.m. EDT, May 16, about how work aboard the International Space Station is turning science fiction into reality.

  • NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students

    05.13.13 - NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through unique, NASA-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities.

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