NASA, International Astronauts Answer Questions from Florida Students – NASA

NASA, International Astronauts Answer Questions from Florida Students – NASA

Students in Big Pine Key, Florida, will have the chance to have NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 10:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will answer questions submitted by students. Watch the 20-minute Earth-to-space call … Read more

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Alabama Students – NASA

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Alabama Students – NASA

Students attending the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 12:40 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 1, NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Jonny Kim, and Nichole Ayers will answer student questions. Ayers is a space … Read more

Career Exploration: Using Ingenuity and Innovation to Create ‘Memory Metals’ – NASA

Career Exploration: Using Ingenuity and Innovation to Create ‘Memory Metals’ – NASA

Othmane Benafan is a NASA engineer whose work is literally reshaping how we use aerospace materials — he creates metals that can shape shift. Benafan, a materials research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, creates metals called shape memory alloys that are custom-made to solve some of the most pressing challenges of space … Read more

NASA Announces Winners of 2025 Student Launch Competition – NASA

NASA Announces Winners of 2025 Student Launch Competition – NASA

By Beth Ridgeway  NASA’s Student Launch competition celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 4, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, bringing together more than 980 middle school, high school, college, and university students from across the U.S. to showcase and launch their high-powered rocketry designs. The event marked the conclusion … Read more

Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18) – NASA

Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18) – NASA

Mathematicians use their expert knowledge of math to solve problems and gain new understanding about how our world works. They analyze data and create mathematical models to predict results based on changes in variables. Many different fields rely heavily on math, such as engineering, finance, and the sciences. Using math to solve real-world problems is … Read more

Student Coders Bring Novel Approaches to NASA Challenge  – NASA

Student Coders Bring Novel Approaches to NASA Challenge  – NASA

On March 28, 80 college students filed into Colorado State University’s (CSU) Nancy Richardson Design Center to receive pizza and a challenge: design an intelligent system capable of traversing rugged terrain to provide aid in emergency scenarios. They had 24 hours to complete this mission. Co-led by CSU, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) … Read more