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  • FIRST Robotics competitors

    NASA Sponsors 2011 Western Region Robotics Competition

    10.20.11 - The robotic wars have begun! High school students from throughout the western United States will test their skills in robotics during the Western Region Robotics Forum, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PDT Friday Oct. 21, and 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. PDT Saturday Oct. 22, 2011.

  • Marita Beard

    NASA's Airborne Observatory Reaches New Heights Teaching Science

    10.19.11 - NASA recently invited students and the general public to Ames Research Center to tour NASA's next generation airborne observatory, called SOFIA.

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    National Science Conference Focuses on Diversity

    10.18.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center is supporting the efforts of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) to bring together a national network of talented students and science professionals committed to increasing diverse individuals’ participation in science.

  • NASA hosted the Greene Scholar Program for the first time this summer at the Exploration Encounter Center, a supersonic wind tunnel converted into a learning facility.

    NASA Provides Golden Opportunity to Greene Scholars Students

    07.02.11 - NASA has an education goal to inspire and engage students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) content. As a never-ending pursuit of this goal, NASA offers education programs throughout the summer to sustain elementary students’ interest in STEM. The Greene Scholars Program (GSP) has a similar goal.