10.26.09 - Hortense Blackwell Burt, a former resident of Dallas and education projects manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is being recognized by the National Women of Color organization for her work in promoting minority education advancements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, also known as STEM.
10.08.09 - NASA has selected 1,732 high school students from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to participate in its Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, also known as INSPIRE.
10.02.09 - NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
10.01.09 - NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge.
08.04.09 - NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is accepting proposals from teams of undergraduate and graduate students for the inaugural Lunabotics Mining Competition.
05.12.09 - Robert Cannon, formerly of Munroe Falls, Ohio, is helping inspire the next generation of explorers through his work at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
05.08.09 - Allan Villorin of Miami, Fla., has spent almost four months providing technical support for the launch control system project at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
05.05.09 - NASA's Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, known as INSPIRE, is accepting applications from high school students through June 30.
04.30.09 - Vahid Khalili a native of Tehran, Iran, and resident of San Anselmo, Calif., has spent almost four months conducting experiments and designing equipment that will assist in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon.
04.30.09 - Brittany Griffin of Chandler, Ariz., has spent almost four months conducting experiments that will assist in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon.
04.17.09 - Abigail Rodriguez of Anasco, Puerto Rico, is spending almost four months providing technical support to the contracting officer that manages the day-to-day activities of construction and inspection services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
04.15.09 - Jacob Gamsky of Crestwood, Ky., is spending almost four months conducting experiments that will assist in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon.
04.06.09 - NASA has awarded cooperative education grants to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, S.D.; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
02.09.09 - NASA astronaut Daniel Tani will announce the winners of Kennedy Space Center's "Your NASA Dream Experience" contest at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 12, at Lake Mills High School, Lake Mills, Wis.
12.08.08 - More than 2,500 eighth grade students attending Orange County Public Schools will travel to NASA's Kennedy Space Center the week of Dec. 15 to take part in the first Orange County Space Week.