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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate's STEM Outreach Program in Rome, New York, is partnering with the Griffiss Institute to again offer STEM Summer Camp programs to students in grades 5-12.  Because of COVID-19 concerns, this year's program offers Virtual STEM Summer Camps using Zoom Video Conferencing. The...

NASA photo NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley launched aboard a SpaceX vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Saturday, making history as the first humans to launch from American soil since 2011.  June 1, 2020  Astronauts Robert Benhken and Douglas Hurley docked with the International Space Station Sunday via the...

3:21 (CDT) Due to unfavorable weather conditions, NASA and SpaceX have scrubbed today's launch of the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station that would have been the first flight carrying astronauts from U.S. soil since 2011. The crew,  astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, were to take off from the...

NASA photo NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission will return U.S. human spaceflight to the International Space Station from U.S. soil with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on an American rocket and spacecraft for the first time since 2011. 3 p.m. (CDT) History is set to be made today. NASA's SpaceX...

An upcoming Zoom panel will give participants, including cadets and students, the opportunity to ask questions of active duty military pilots. According to Lt. Col. Alan Frazier, North Dakota Wing director of operations, from 7 to 8:30 May 20, the North Dakota Wing and University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace will be hosting a military...

NOTICE: The on-site 2020 National AEO School in Pensacola, Florida, has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. An online version of the school will be offered at no charge later this summer. Details will be released as soon as they are finalized.    

Aerospace/STEM educators are invited to apply for an AOPA flight training scholarship supported by AOPA Foundation funds, and the deadlines are approaching. Eligible educators are those who are teaching the AOPA High School Aviation STEM Curriculum and are interested in pursuing a primary pilot certificate such a as private, sport or recreational...

Pacific Region Civil Air Patrol will hold an Aerospace/STEM workshop March 11-15 at University of Alaska Anchorage Aviation Technology Division, Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage. The workshop is open to Aerospace Education Officers (AEOs) and Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) and will offer a minimum of 16 hours of hands-on activities in electronics, engineering,...

The registration deadline is approaching for the American Rocketry Challenge 2020, the world's largest rocket contest with almost 5,000 students. Deadline for registration in the national contest is Dec. 1. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and more than 20 aerospace industry partners sponsor the contest.  In...

Save the date for the 2020 National Aerospace Education Officer (AEO) School at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. The school, for AEOs and Aerospace Education Members (AEMs), will be held June 15-19. For planning purposes, Monday's opening session for AEOs should begin at 10 a.m. The Tuesday-Friday sessions will begin...