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Tehachapi High Grad Awarded NASA Dryden Scholarship

David McBride presents the 2008 Dryden Employee Exchange Council scholarship check to Jill Pestana, as her parents look on.

Jill Pestana, a graduate of the Class of 2008 at Tehachapi High School, has been selected by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Employee Exchange Council to receive the 2008 Harold W. Walker Mem...

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Lancaster High Grad Brian Armstrong Interning at NASA D...

NASA intern Brian Armstrong

NASA intern Brian Armstrong has always been interested in aviation, thanks to the influence of his aerospace engineer father.

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Local College Student is Summer Intern at NASA Field Ce...

Summer intern Patricia Oliphant

University of Utah student Patricia Oliphant, shown here in the pilot's seat of one of NASA's modified 747 Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is working as a summer intern at NASA's Dryden Flight Researc...

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Education News and Events Features

  • Christopher O'Shea sits in the cockpit of a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

    Local College Student is Summer Intern at NASA Field Center

    College student Christopher O'Shea, of North Strabane, credits his father for the excitement he has for aviation.

  • INSPIRE intern William Scott

    Summer at NASA Dryden 'INSPIRES' San Diego Student

    William Scott, a 2008 graduate of San Diego's Clairemont High School, exchanged what could have been a relaxing summer vacation for the challenge of fitting into the workforce at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.

  • NASA Dryden intern Emily Sayles

    Bakersfield Student Emily Sayles Interning at NASA Dryden

    Bakersfield resident Emily Sayles had her fire lit about space travel when she was in the fifth grade. That summer, Sayles attended U.S. Space Camp, then based at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

  • Darcy Dewar, Will Scott, Teresa Thacker, Kaitlyn Cutler and Ricardo Fuentes (L-R) are among a group of student interns working at NASA Dryden under the INSPIRE program this summer.

    Summer at NASA Dryden 'INSPIRES' Student Interns

    A number of Antelope Valley students exchanged what could have been a relaxing summer vacation for the challenge of fitting into the workforce at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.

  • NASA Dryden intern Julianna Plumb

    Redlands High School Student Interning at Dryden

    Julianna Plumb of Redlands made a huge commitment for the summer. She chose to spend eight weeks away from family and friends in exchange for immersion into the aerospace engineering field as an intern at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.

Education Highlights

  • student coop working at dryden

    Dryden Cooperative Education Program

    The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Cooperative Education Program is designed to provide work experience for undergraduate and graduate college students who are pursuing degrees in fields related to Dryden research.

  • Palmdale Aero Institute

    Palmdale AERO Institute

    The AERO Institute is a consortium of Federal, state and local governments, industry, and academia partners with the common goal to enhance the aerospace workforce for the 21st Century.

  • Distance Learning Network

    Digital Learning Network  →

    NASA's Digital Learning Networkâ„¢enhances NASA's capability to deliver unique content by linking customers with one or more NASA Centers in an integrated fashion.

Related NASA Sites

  • counting the stars

    Counting the Stars

    "Star Count" is a new NASA education activity that turns students into astronomers.

  • NASA Kids Club

    NASA Kid's Club

    Interactve games designed especially for kids.

  • Mars Fun Zone

    Mars Fun Zone  →

    Learn more about the planet Mars by playing these interactive games and activities.