For Students Grades 5-8

Join the NASA TechRise Virtual Field Trip to hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins and participate in a live Q&A session. Learn about high-altitude balloons and how your school can win $1500 by submitting an experiment idea to the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. Event Date: Sept. 20

Join us virtually for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission! This mission will carry NASA astronaut Commander Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov to the space station to conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all. Launch Date: No earlier than late September

Europa Clipper will be orbiting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, collecting lots of information about this special ocean world in our solar system. But imagine that you could peek below Europa’s icy surface. What do you think you might find in the vast ocean underneath? Submission Deadline: Sept. 30

The NASA Balloon Program Office is organizing an update to the Scientific Ballooning Handbook and inviting students to design the cover. Entries may be submitted by individuals or students working together in teams. Entry Deadline: Oct. 1

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is a hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators around the world to come together and use open data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners to create solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space. Registration opened July 18. Event Date: Oct. 5-6

Student teams are invited to design and build paddle wheels that will turn in water because of the wetting properties of their surfaces when they are exposed to microgravity. Paddle wheels from selected teams will be tested in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. Proposal Deadline: Oct. 31

The NASA TechRise Student Challenge invites student teams to submit science and technology experiment ideas to fly on a high-altitude balloon. Entry Deadline: Nov. 1