Innovative Partnerships Expand NASA's Summer Education Reach

NASA has selected more than 170 educational organizations nationwide to receive Summer of Innovation mini-awards of as much as $2,500 each.

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NASA Selects Student Teams For Microgravity Research Flights

NASA has selected 14 undergraduate student teams from minority serving institutions across the United States to test science experiments under microgravity conditions.

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Catch that bug!

Catch that bug!

21-06-2013 02:52 PM CEST

Spiders, beetles and worms might look creepy, but these creatures tell us a lot about biodiversity. Students are being challenged to count the creepy-crawlies' eyes, legs and antennae and compare them with specimens found by astronauts on an underground adventure in September.

Kansas Students to Speak Live With Space Station NASA Astronauts

Kansas Students to Speak Live With Space Station NASA Astronauts

06/18/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a.m. CDT (10:40 a.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 19.

Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

06/14/2013 12:00 AM EDT

More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Space droids calling

Space droids calling

10-06-2013 03:56 PM CEST

Secondary-school students can play the ultimate robot game: the annual Zero Robotics tournament turns the International Space Station into a playing field for European students to control minisatellites with self-developed software.

Space droids calling

Space droids calling

10-06-2013 03:56 PM CEST

Secondary-school students can play the ultimate robot game: the annual Zero Robotics tournament turns the International Space Station into a playing field for European students to control minisatellites with self-developed software.

NASA Announces 2013 Space Technology Research Grants

NASA Announces 2013 Space Technology Research Grants

06/10/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA has selected 65 graduate students as the 2013 class of Space Technology Research Fellows.

Learning in school with XMM-Newton

Learning in school with XMM-Newton

28-05-2013 02:38 PM CEST

In 1572, the great Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, saw a star explode in the heavens. It changed his view of the universe forever. Now, the remains of that explosion seen by ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope has done the same for a 16-year-old school student from Slovakia.

NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students

NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students

05/13/2013 12:00 AM EDT

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.