Announcements

Registration for the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program has opened for the 2021-2022 school year. ACE is CAP's grade-specific K-6 STEM program. Here's what educators need to know. Who is eligible for the ACE Program? All CAP Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) that work with young learners (K-6) and want...

Civil Air Patrol cadets now can participate in The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC). The contest is an annual competition for high school students in classrooms and other organizations. It is run by a public-private partnership with the goal of sustainably increasing the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce....

New UAS Requirement The Recreational UAS Safety Test Any CAP member, cadet, or student who flies a CAP issued sUAS recreationally (including the outdoor sUAS STEM kits: Quadcopter, RC Aircraft, VTOL) are now required by the FAA to take The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). This is free and can...

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. And this school year -- with safety protocols, distancing, hybrid instruction and virtual instruction -- has been unlike any other. Civil Air Patrol's National AE team celebrates our Aerospace Education Officers and Aerospace Education Members. In the midst of a pandemic, CAP's squadrons...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This high-resolution still image comes from a video taken by several cameras as the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down Feb. 18. February 19, 2021 Data coming in from the successful landing Thursday of Mars 2020 Perseverance rover showed everything appeared to be "working as expected," according to...

All CAP members have the chance to have their names flown to and placed on the moon via the Peregrine Lunar Lander being built by Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, which will touch down on the lunar surface's Lacus Mortis region later this year. This is all thanks to the Virginia Wing...

Save the Date! The National Aerospace Education Officers School will be virtual this year, meeting June 4-5. Additional information will be available soon.

Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 15 An international crew of astronauts is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station's Harmony module...

All AEOs should have recently received a letter informing you that the Squadron AE POA is no longer a requirement. Squadron AEOs should still plan how you will conduct AE throughout the year; however you don’t have to complete and submit a report like before. Consider reviewing the AE Annual...

Two new 2020 editions of AEX I and AEX II are now available on the AE Downloads and Resources virtual bookshelf in eServices. AEX I (2020) offers 13 hands-on aerospace/STEM activities for K-5th graders. There is also an air traffic control-themed coloring book. AEX II (2020) features 13 hands-on aerospace/STEM...