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Learn about Aerospace Education, STEM programs and kits and aviation history at the Civil Air Patrol Mid-Atlantic Region Aerospace Education Officer (AEO) School Aug. 23-25 at Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Friday, Aug. 23, will focus on how to be an effective AEO and cover all aspects of...

The Air Force's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps; the City of Montgomery, Alabama; and Civil Air Patrol on Tuesday sent more than 200 model rockets above Riverwalk Stadium in downtown Montgomery. The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, which led to the historic first steps on the Moon....

We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which included  the first steps on the Moon.  On the morning of July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched aboard a Saturn V rocket. Four days later, July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took the historic first steps. As the 50th anniversary approaches this week,...

A Southeast Minnesota Composite Squadron team launched a high-altitude balloon that climbed 95,000 feet and traveled 88 miles away. Team members for the project, part of the Global Space Balloon Challenge, were Maj. Othelmo Da Silva, squadron commander; 2nd Lt. Eric Pool, project officer; and Cadet Airmen Micah Bergen, Joseph...

The 17th Annual CAP National Aerospace Education Officers School and workshop is open to Aerospace Education Officers (AEOs) and Aerospace Education Members (AEMs). Presentations, hands-on activities, field trips and networking opportunities highlight the week. AEOs attend Monday, June 24 - Friday, June 28. Monday's training covers the duties and responsibilities of the AEO position. AEMs attend Tuesday, June 25 - Friday, June 28*.

 

InSight's Mars landing led to a selfie and the capture of the sound of wind on Mars. Learn about these and other milestones of Space exploration from 2018. CAP member and astronaut Eric Boe is pictured with astronauts selected for upcoming missions. Read more here.

 

Save the date for the 2019 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 24-28 for AEOs and June 25-28 for AEMs. Watch our website and social media for information when registration...

NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe to the sun in a few weeks. But it will be armed with "cool" science that will keep it from burning up!  Watch the full story on msn.com.

The 2018 Civil Air Patrol National Aerospace Education Officers School and Workshop at Pensacola (Florida) Naval Air Station is open to AEOs and DAEs as well as Aerospace Education Members (AEMs). The dates are June 19-22 for AEOs and DAEs and June 20-22 for AEMs. The deadline to register is June...

Cadets and senior members from the Virginia Wing of Civil Air Patrol Group 4 recently got the chance to observe up-close fighter aircraft and learn about the missions at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Cadets were able to observe a launch of the F-22 Raptor, visit static displays of the F-22 and T-38 aircrafts and view other...