Space Exploration Education

Images of astronauts engaging with students about space exploration, showcasing science projects and inspiring the next generation in a classroom setting.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.
'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student. The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf (center) and External Relations Director Lisa Malone (right) learn about these students science project during a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla. Wolf and Malone accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is sharing Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Sam Durrance signs the costume helmet of one of the students who welcomed NASA representatives to Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. He and Center Director Jim Kennedy, along with others, visited the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former space shuttle astronaut, far right, answers questions from students about his experience as an astronaut on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, DC. Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, in collaboration with Reading is Fundamental (RIF), hosted this event in honor of Black History Month, and to highlight the importance of reading.
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NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Auñón-Chancellor spent 197 days living and working onboard the ISS and contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science while there. She is also a doctor and started her career with NASA as a flight surgeon in 2006.
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NASA Astronauts, from left, Danny Olivas, Garrett Reisman, Barbara Morgan, and, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and Astronaut, Leland Melvin give high fives to school children as they enter the California Science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Los Angeles. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Rick Linnehan shares his experiences in space with students and faculty at Ralph Bunche Middle School, a NASA Explorer School, in Atlanta, Ga. Linnehan accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is visiting NES sites to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. The purpose of the school visit is to talk with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Terry Virts questions students from Immokalee Middle School in Naples, Fla., which is part of NASAs Explorer School (NES) Program. Virts spoke about what it takes for mission success and the importance of teamwork. Virts accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy on the visit to the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Immokalee is part of NASAs Explorer School (NES) Program and is teamed with Pine Ridge Middle School. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. NES establishes a three-year partnership annually between NASA and 50 NASA Explorer Schools teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from diverse communities nationwide.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Spaceperson poses for a photo with Carver Middle School students and their teacher from Orlando, Florida, during the Zero Robotics finals competition at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility in Florida. The team, members of the After School All-Stars, were regional winners and advanced to the final competition. For the competition, students designed software to control Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, and competed with other teams locally.The Zero Robotics is a robotics programming competition where the robots are SPHERES. The competition starts online, where teams program the SPHERES to solve an annual challenge. After several phases of virtual competition in a simulation environment that mimics the real SPHERES, finalists are selected to compete in a live championship aboard the space station. Students compete to win a technically challenging ga
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Dom Gorie signs autographs for students at Trojan Intermediate School in Potosi, Mo. Gorie accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow on a visit to the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They are talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Students from three area schools — Potosi High School, John Evans Middle School and Trojan — are on a team taking part in NASAs Explorer Schools program.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf speaks to students, faculty and guests at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla. Wolf and Center Director Jim Kennedy made the tour to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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Students at South Hancock Elementary School in Bay St. Louis, Miss., gather around Orbie the Astronaut on May 19 as teacher Sarah Ladner affixes a nameplate to the Stennis Space Center mascot. Members of the third-grade class won a contest to name the inflatable astronaut. Some 20 schools in Louisiana and Mississippi participated in the contest.
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New Approach to Self Achievement (N.A.S.A.) Project Students test their knowledge of Moon Facts at the Aerospace Education Center Return to the Moon Discovery Path Lunar Bank of Knowledge
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Sam Durrance (left) and Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) talk to the two students who greeted their arrival at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. Kennedy and other NASA-KSC officials are visiting NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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NASAs Crew-4 STEM Event at James W. Robinson Secondary School. NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren poses for a photo with a student during a STEM event at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Leland Melvin joins students in the cafeteria at Gainesville Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School in Gainesville, Ga. Melvin joined Jim Jennings, deputy associate administrator for Institutions and Asset Management at NASA Headquarters, on the visit to the school to share the new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success. Also visiting was KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr., who talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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Mississippi Rep. Percy Watson (left) talks with first-graders Savannah Jones and Levi Meyers, and Astronaut Lee Morin on Sept. 8 during the NASA Explorer School kickoff event at the Lillie Burney Elementary School in Hattiesburg, Miss. NASA Explorer Schools help promote student achievement in mathematics and science through activities using the excitement of NASA research, discoveries and missions.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Stephan Turnipseed, president of LEGO Education North America, left, and Leland Melvin, NASA's associate administrator for Education, discuss the new partnership between the U.S. space agency and the toy company inside a 40- by 70-foot activity tent chock full of LEGO bricks on the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There, children of all ages are building their vision of the future with LEGO bricks, marking the beginning of a three-year Space Act Agreement meant to spark the interest of children in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To commemorate the partnership, two small LEGO space shuttles will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station and the company will release four NASA-inspired products in its LEGO CITY line next year. LEGO sets also will fly to the space station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission, and will be put together on orbit to demonstrate the challenges fa
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2023 Department of Commerce National Youth Summit. NASA astronaut Alvin Drew speaks to students during the 2023 National Youth Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerces Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Sam Durrance shares stories of his experiences as an astronaut with the students at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. Durrance joined Center Director Jim Kennedy as he shares Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students in NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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PHOTO DATE: 9-20-10LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - High BaySUBJECT: STS-133 cake cutting ceremony marking the end of their training.
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NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren visits DuVal High School. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren poses for photos with students following a STEM event at DuVal High School, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Lanham, Maryland. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.
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While NASA Dryden's Jim Ross outlined his job as an aerial photographer, sixth-grade student Leo Banuelos learned first-hand about the gear Ross wears in the cockpit.
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NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 visits Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Mark Vande Hei, Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron answer questions from students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf looks at students science project creating tornados during a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla. Wolf is accompanying Center Director Jim Kennedy on a visit to the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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Delta WINGS Photos and Feature. A group of girls pose for a selfie in front of NASAs Artemis I Moon rocket at Launch Pad 39B at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 23, 2022. As part of Delta Air Lines Women Inspiring Our Next Generation (WING) program, an all-female crew flew girls from a variety of Atlanta, Georgia area schools and organizations with a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) focus to Kennedy to learn about the various careers available at the Florida spaceport. While at Kennedy, the group also had the opportunity to hear from a panel of 18 women with a combination of careers from Kennedy and Delta and tour the visitor complex.
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Brevard Top Scholars Day Visit to KSC
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Children at educational Space Shuttle display at Space Camp, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
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NASAs Crew-4 Q&A With Students at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines pose for a group photo with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.
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NASAs Crew-4 STEM Event at James W. Robinson Secondary School. NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren poses for a photo with a student during a STEM event at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.
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NASAs Crew-4 Q&A With Students at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins signs autographs for local students following an event at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Leland Melvin, NASA's associate administrator for Education, center, and Stephan Turnipseed, president of LEGO Education North America, right, help a student build LEGO space vehicles inside a 40- by 70-foot activity tent. There, children of all ages are building their vision of the future with LEGO bricks, marking the beginning of a three-year Space Act Agreement meant to spark the interest of children in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To commemorate the partnership, two small LEGO space shuttles will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station and the company will release four NASA-inspired products in its LEGO CITY line next year. LEGO sets also will fly to the space station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission, and will be put together on orbit to demonstrate the challenges faced while building things in microgravity.
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COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to fourth- through 12-grade students and their teachers from across the nation during the NASA Explorer Schools Symposium in Florida. During the event, May 4-7, about 60 students will tour Kennedy, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, and participate in several educational activities and a career panel question-and-answer session. The symposium also offers professional development opportunities for about 30 teachers. The participants were competitively selected after they completed an original investigation focused on existing NASA missions or research interests.
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PHOTO DATE: 01-26-10LOCATION: BLDG 9NWSUBJECT: STS-133 crew members (Lindsey, Boe and Drew) during Tool/Repair Kits training with instructorWORK ORDER: 0232-STS133TK-01-26-10
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Students from the Aerospace Career Education Academy take a tour of the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2022. The ACE Academy, established by the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, is a multi-day event for middle and high school students and is designed to expose youths to the wide variety of career opportunities in aviation and aerospace.
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NASA Officials, LEGO Group management, students, teachers and parents create their vision of the future in space with LEGO bricks and elements as part of a Build the Future” activity inside a tent that was set up on the launch viewing area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. NASA and The LEGO Group signed a Space Act Agreement to spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
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Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former astronaut, is interviewed by sixth grade students from the Broadcast Media Class at Eliot Hine Middle School on Friday, March 1, 2013 in Washington. The radio club program, Eliot Hine Radio, is broadcast live on the internet.
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NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks with students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.
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Artemis Generation Roundtable. NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks during an Artemis Generation Roundtable for Black Space Week, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As part of Black Space Week, the National Space Council and NASA collaborated with Black In Astro to host students for a discussion on the future of space exploration and equity.
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Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former 2x astronaut, addresses students before the start of "FMA Live!" at Hardy Middle School in Washington on Monday, Sept. 16th, 2013. "FMA Live!" is a program sponsored by NASA and Honeywell that teaches Newton's three laws of motion mixed with dance and music. The program travels across the country and has reached nearly 300,000 students.
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Brevard Top Scholars Day Visit to KSC
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250 students participated in the Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Presentations focused on 3D modeling of STARBUKS calibration components in the National Transonic Facility, hypersonic aerodynamic inflatable decelerator, and optimization of a microphone-based array for flight testing. Reid Center LaRC Hampton, VA
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Associate Administrator for Education and Astronaut Leland Melvin, 3rd from left, talks with school children during the Build the Future” activity where students created their vision of the future in space with LEGO bricks and elements inside a tent that was set up on the launch viewing area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. NASA and The LEGO Group signed a Space Act Agreement to spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Dr. Adena Williams Loston, chief education officer at NASA Headquarters, greets students from one of NASAs Explorer Schools, Stewart Middle School in Tampa. The students as well as Dr. Loston and KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (far left) were at MOSI to view the space exhibits Space A Journey to Our Future, an extraordinary, interactive exhibition designed to entertain, educate and inspire; and SPACE STATION, the first cinematic journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where audiences can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard the new station.
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US Air Force General Redman signs the Dental Health month proclamation with local children as witnesses at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on January 26, 2001. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor poses for a group photo after a presentation about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Auñón-Chancellor spent 197 days living and working onboard the ISS and contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science while there. She is also a doctor and started her career with NASA as a flight surgeon in 2006.
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Sho Tagawa and Koma Ogata, members of the Yatsushiro Student Volunteer Group (YSVG), and Hideo Inao, representative from Yatsushiro City Hall, present John Taylor, principal officer of the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka with handmade artifacts and thank you cards from Yatsushiro citizens during a meeting at CFAS June 29, 2022. Taylor and the YSVG met at CFAS as part of an ongoing correspondence between the YSVG and the consulate that began following U.S. military support for Japan Self Defense Force relief efforts for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
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NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronaut Megan McArthur speaks to students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.
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MODIM Teacher Professional Development Pilot Team (for Group Achievement Award) Frank Hui, Vern Battiste, David Hash, Leslye Mogford, Erie Fretter, Imelda Terresas-Salinas, Walter Johnson.
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Capt. David Adams, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), presents an award to an American student during the MOFA/DODEA Youth Exchange Program 2022 at CFASs E.J. King Middle High School Oct. 15, 2022. During the two-day educational and cultural exchange event, American students from E.J. King Middle High School and Japanese students from Sasebo schools forged new friendships by tackling group projects together, strengthening the relationship between the base and local community.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a Minority Student Education Forum, former NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Dr. Wesley Harris talks to hundreds of fifth- through 12th-grade students. The forum focused on encouraging students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, by featuring some of NASA's greatest legends and trailblazers. NASA's Education Office sponsored the forum as part of the agency's 'Summer of Innovation' initiative and the federal 'Education to Innovate' campaign.
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Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell meets with U.S. Student Ambassadors at the USA Pavilion 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea, on July 14, 2012.
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STS-122 Crew Members visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio and present an STS-122 commemorative collage to the Hall of Fame President
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Former NASA astronaut Winston Scott signed autographs and posed for pictures with guests at the agency exhibit during the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. Now a senior vice president at the Florida Institute of Technology, he said that he likes to emphasize to young people how important a good education is in preparation for the future.The Tom Joyner Family Reunion is designed to present uplifting programs, entertainment and information about growing, diverse communities. An annual event of the nationally-syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, the many exhibits included NASA's participation focusing on encouraging young people to consider studies and careers in STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math. NASA's Education Division promoted the benefits of math and scientific learning along with career opportunities offered by the space agency. The activities took place at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, during the Labor Day weekend.
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Dr. Frederic Bertley (center), president and CEO, Center of Science and Industry (COSI), speaks at New Beginnings Church - The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida on Friday, June 3, as part of the launch of a new initiative to deliver food and hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math kits, called Learning Lunchboxes. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency representatives were on hand to hand out the lunchboxes, which are aimed at inspiring and educating youth and families about NASAs upcoming Artemis missions, including landing the first woman and person of color on the Moon and helping prepare for human exploration of Mars. Along with COSI, NASAs partners on the initiative include the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Orlando Science Center. The NASA Artemis Learning Lunchbox is made possible through NASAs Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program. NASA Learning Lunchboxes provide five space-focused learning activities that sho