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NASA Academies Now Accepting Applications for Summer Internships – Deadline January 23, 2012

December 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Aeronautics, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, NASA, Robots, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities

Now Available! Applications for the 2012 NASA Academies To apply for the NASA Academies, please visit the following website: http://www.AcademyApp.com. This application serves the: NASA Academy at Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA) NASA Academy at Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) NASA Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, AL) NASA Aeronautics Academy at Ames Research Center [...]

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Live Video Chat: Robots Digging Up Martian Geology – Oct 5, 2011

October 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Cool Science, K-12, Mars, NASA, Robots, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities, Webcasts

NASA Explorer Schools invites students in grades 4-9 from across the U.S. and Departments of Defense and State schools to participate in a live video webchat with Paulo Younse, a robotics engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. Younse will answer student questions about a career as a robotics engineer and the soon-to-be [...]

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2011 SPHERES Zero Robotics Challenge – Registration Deadline Sept 5, 2011

August 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Competitions, Cool Science, K-12, NASA, Robots, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities

NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and MIT’s Space Systems Laboratory are offering high school students the opportunity to design experiments that will be tested in space. The 2011 Zero Robotics challenge is a continuation and expansion of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics education program using bowling ball-sized spherical satellites aboard the International [...]

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2011 SPHERES Zero Robotics Challenge – Registration Deadline Sept 5, 2011

June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Competitions, Cool Science, K-12, NASA, Robots, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities

NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and MIT’s Space Systems Laboratory are offering high school students the opportunity to design experiments that will be tested in space. The 2011 Zero Robotics challenge is a continuation and expansion of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics education program using bowling ball-sized spherical satellites aboard the International [...]

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Video Chat: How to Build a Mars Rover – Nov 23, 2010

November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Engineering, K-12, Mars, NASA, Robots, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities, Webcasts

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are currently assembling and testing the rover and other components of the Mars Science Laboratory in a clean room. The rover, known as Curiosity, is scheduled to launch at the end of 2011. JPL’s Education Office is hosting video chats about the mission for classrooms. Chats will feature the [...]

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