December 21, 2005

Sallie A. Keith
Media Relations Office
(216)433-5795
sallie.keith@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 05-055

NASA BRINGS AEROSPACE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TO TEEN SUMMIT

Students attending the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authorities 2nd 
Annual Teen Summit can take a cross-country flight or a trip to the 
International Space Station this week when NASA's Mobile Aerospace 
Education Laboratory (MAEL) comes to town. 

The MAEL, operated by NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, will 
visit the Carl B. Stokes Social Services Mall, 6001 Woodland Ave., 
Cleveland, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22. During the summit, 
students grade 6 to 11 will have a chance to tour the lab. 

The MAEL is a state-of-the-art classroom housed in a 53-foot trailer. 
The lab was designed to excite students about science and 
mathematics. It houses several unique workstations for visitors to 
explore technology through hands-on/minds-on activities that model 
real world challenges in aerospace.

Since it became operational in 1996, the MAEL has traveled almost 
100,000 miles, attending 178 events in 121 cities and 40 states. The 
MAEL trailer and programs were originally developed through a 
partnership between Cuyahoga Community College and NASA Glenn 
Research Center. 

For more information about the MAEL program on the Internet, visit:


http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/MAEL/

	
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