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gocivilairpatrol.com - Announcements http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/rss/2014 gocivilairpatrol.com en-US Sun, 15 Nov 2026 07:07:02 +0000 Sun, 15 Nov 2026 07:07:02 +0000 Copyright 2026 gocivilairpatrol.com. All rights reserved. postmaster@globalreach.com (gocivilairpatrol.com) postmaster@globalreach.com (gocivilairpatrol.com) Global Reach News Aggregator v0.96 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Educators Newsletter Available from National Association of Rocketry http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/educators-newsletter-available-from-national-association-of-rocketry/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/educators-newsletter-available-from-national-association-of-rocketry/ Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:00:00 +0000 The <a href="http://www.nar.org/educational-resources/">National Association of Rocketry </a>(NAR) offers an Educator Newsletter and a free Rocketry Resource CD-ROM (available to educators and youth leaders in the U.S. and Canada only). Send Your Name to Mars http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/send-your-name-to-mars/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/send-your-name-to-mars/ Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:00:00 +0000 NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to Mars aboard the Orion spacecraft. Orion's first flight, a 4.5-hour, two-orbit test mission is scheduled for  Dec. 4. Your name's journey continues after splashdown as the names will fly on future NASA exploration flights and missions to Mars. The deadline <a href="http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/orion-first-flight/">submit your name</a> to the test flight is. Oct. 31. Join the conversation on social media with #JourneyToMars. Spaceflight Orientation Course at Kennedy Space Center http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/spaceflight-orientation-course-at-kennedy-space-center/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/spaceflight-orientation-course-at-kennedy-space-center/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 TN Wing http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/tn-wing/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/tn-wing/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 <a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/">Middle Tennessee State University</a> and TN Wing of Civil Air Patrol sign renewed partnership agreement in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKSPgSProfY?autoplay=1&hd=1&rel=0&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=370&width=640?autoplay=1&hd=1&rel=0">video</a> to continue conducting Aerospace Education programs for CAP educators and cadets.  ~ With CAP TN Wing Commander, Col Bill Lane- May 2014 AWEsome March '14 high-altitude balloon launch http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/awesome-march-14-high-altitude-balloon-launch/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/awesome-march-14-high-altitude-balloon-launch/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 AZ Teacher Extraordinaire, Kaci Heins, former National CAP ACE Teacher of the Year, conducted an AWEsome March '14 high-altitude balloon launch and experiment with her students.  Check out the amazing YouTube video at <a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/1j1UJKARy5Q">http://youtu.be/1j1UJKARy5Q</a>.  It is 12 minutes long, but well worth the watch!     NASA SOFIA Airplane Ride http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/nasa-sofia-airplane-ride/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/nasa-sofia-airplane-ride/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 CONGRATULATIONS to AEMs Megan Tucker and LeeAnn Vaughn for their selection to fly aboard NASA's SOFIA airplane summer 2014 ….  See related story posted on <a href="http://bit.ly/1jFh7Qx">Volunteer Now</a>!  (<a href="http://bit.ly/1jFh7Qx">http://bit.ly/1jFh7Qx</a>) Out of This World http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/out-of-this-world/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/out-of-this-world/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 CAP's Rocky Mountain Region Deputy Chief of Staff/Aerospace Education, Lt Col Kaye Ebelt doing Out of this World work!  Check it out <a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/target-range-teacher-receives-yearlong-einstein-fellowship/article_91ffcb68-e836-11e2-9150-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>! NASA's "WORLD" Video http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/nasa-s-world-video/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/nasa-s-world-video/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 <a href="http://www.nasawatch.com/" target="_blank">NASA's "World" Video</a>:  View NASA's inspirational video featuring the International Space Station and its crews set to the song "World" by recording artists Five for Fighting. The video features imagery of both the space station and the space shuttles that have served as the workhorses of space station construction and resupply. It uses selections from orbit as well as Earth-bound training and launch activities to communicate the importance of space exploration and its benefits for future generations. Tired of Writing AEX Certs By Hand? http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/tired-of-writing-aex-certs-by-hand/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/tired-of-writing-aex-certs-by-hand/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 AFA Grant Deadlines http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/afa-grant-deadlines/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/afa-grant-deadlines/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 AFA Award http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/afa-award/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/afa-award/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 CyberPatriot Program http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/cyberpatriot-program/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/cyberpatriot-program/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000  The <a href="http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Air Force Association's CyberPatriot program</a> is continuing to inspire and motivate tech savvy high school students and cadets toward STEM careers that will aid in maintaining national security for the future.  2014 AEO Schools http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-aeo-schools/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-aeo-schools/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 GLR AEO School Class of 2013 <div>NER AEO School – October 16-18, Windsor Locks, CT  Contact Lt Col Joseph Goldman  (<a href="mailto:jgoldman@binghamton.edu">jgoldman@binghamton.edu</a>) for more information. </div> <div>MER AEO School – still working dates and location  Contact Col Lawrence Trick (<a href="mailto:lawrence.trick@navy.mil">lawrence.trick@navy.mil</a>) for more information. </div> 2014 Contests http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-contests/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-contests/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rocketcontest.org/">Team America Rocketry Challenge</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/current-opps-index.html" target="_blank">NASA Contests</a> (and other opportunities)  </li> <li><a href="http://m3challenge.siam.org/" target="_blank">M3Challenge</a>:  Moody's Mega Math Challenge is an Internet-based, applied math competition for high school juniors and seniors.  The competition is free to register and participate and is open to high schools in 29 states. </li> <li><a href="/media/cms/Guide_to_Readings_2009_A1236647E4FAB.pdf" target="_blank">Zero Robotics</a>: Zero Robotics is an exciting International Space Station (ISS) national laboratory robotics programming <a href="http://www.zerorobotics.org/web/zero-robotics/home-public" target="_blank">competition</a> which uses the Synchronized Position Hold and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) facility, which is aboard the ISS.  (A middle school competition is planned for the summer of 2013.)  There is NO CHARGE for joining the competition! </li> </ul> AE Social Networking http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/ae-social-networking/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/ae-social-networking/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000  Interested in social networking with our aerospace education professionals?  Learn more about <a href="/">NEON (Nasa Educators Online Network).</a> FREE STK Training http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/free-stk-training/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/free-stk-training/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000  AGI offers FREE <a href="http://www.agi.com/training/" target="_blank">STK training</a>!  (Learn more about <a href="/">STK</a>.)   2014 AFA Aerospace/STEM Ed CAP Educator Grant Winners http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-afa-aerospace-stem-ed-cap-educator-grant-winners/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2014-afa-aerospace-stem-ed-cap-educator-grant-winners/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 Projects Selected to Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Subjects and Careers to Youth Thanks to the Air Force Association for Grant Funds! <a href="http://www.afa.org" target="_blank">www.afa.org</a> 2015 Team America Rocketry Challenge http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2015-team-america-rocketry-challenge/ http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/aerospace-education/announcements/2015-team-america-rocketry-challenge/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:00:00 +0000 Registration opened Sept. 2 in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). In the world's largest rocket contest, some 7,000 students nationwide design, build and fly a model rocket that must reach a specific altitude and duration. Organizers hope to encourage students to study math and science and seek aerospace careers. The top 100 teams after qualification flights go to the finals in Washington, D.C., in May. Top 10 finishers split $60,000 in cash and scholarships. Registration continues through Dec. 12, 2014  <a href="http://www.rocketcontest.org/contest_info.cfm">Get more information and register your team.</a>