NASA’s Texas Aerospace Scholars (TAS) is wrapping up a summer spent on sending more than 300 Texas high school juniors on a simulated journey to Mars.
Classes in six schools in the United States will be almost in orbit Monday.
Educator Astronaut and Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan and Mission Specialist Dave Williams met with more than 100 Texas elementary and middle schools students during Space Center Houston’s “Meet an Astronaut Day” on Jan. 19.
Thirty-four undergraduate student teams have been selected to fly and conduct experiments aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" reduced gravity aircraft next spring.
Three upcoming events will give students and teachers a chance to step virtually on the surfaces of the moon and Mars, be certified to handle lunar samples and learn about Mars-bound rovers.
NASA is calling on college undergraduates interested in performing reduced gravity experiments onboard the agency's "Weightless Wonder" aircraft to submit their proposals by Monday, Oct. 30.
NASA’s Digital Learning Network (DLN) recently gave more than a thousand students an insider’s glimpse into what a day may be like for an astronaut to explore the surface of the moon and Mars.
Footage of the fifth international student remotely operated vehicle (ROV) competition will air on NASA Television starting today.
NASA has selected six proposals from museums and science centers to fly their experiments aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder," a C-9 aircraft that flies a series of rollercoaster-like dips and climbs to produce periods of weightlessness.
Normally used to train spacewalking astronauts, one of the world’s largest indoor pools at, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, instead will test the skills this weekend of more than 40 student-built robots from around the world.
Comet hunter David Levy recently shared his many astronomical discoveries with Johnson Space Center team members and students at Space Center Houston.
On May 5, 26 schools nationwide were selected to begin a special three-year Explorer Schools partnership with NASA to inspire their students.
Gregory W. Mattes is taking his career to new heights in the Space Shuttle Program during his fourth and final semester as a JSC co-op student.
What does mathematics look like? What does math sound like? If those questions don't seem to make sense to you, then you're probably not familiar with MathTrax, a computer application from NASA's Learning Technologies program, available for Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Six teams of high-school physics teachers will test experiments developed by their students aboard NASA's C-9 aircraft, the "Weightless Wonder," early next month.
In the third century B.C. the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes used his observations of the sun to become the first person to measure the circumference of the Earth.
After 18 months of intense training, NASA's latest astronaut candidates now are officially astronauts. The class of 11, including three educator astronauts selected from teachers across the nation, received NASA Astronaut pins in a graduation ceremony Friday.
With the help of several Olympic athletes, students can get a physics lesson from NASA about potential winter sports on the most extreme venue around -- the moon.
It’s 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, and over 120 elementary to high school students are sitting on the edge of their chairs, listening eagerly to what their instructor has to say.
Co-op Stephanie Cubellis is fulfilling a lifelong dream at Johnson Space Center. While interning for two semesters at JSC, business administration major Lauren Johnson helped purchase components that prepared the shuttle fleet for its return to space.