Announcements - Page 8

Vote for Civil Air Patrol to receive a grant of up to $10,000 from Lightspeed Aviation Foundation. The money supports STEM Education for K-6 students, CAP's ACE Program. There are only two weeks left to vote!

Help Keep the WWII Legacy Alive!

Civil Air Patrol is one of 12 finalists for Lightspeed Aviation Foundation's 2015 Pilots Choice Awards grant program, which awards up to $10,000 depending on each finalist's vote ranking.

The National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, will host Civil Air Patrol Day Saturday, Feb. 21. CAP members get free admission and a discount on special attractions (advance reservations required for special attractions). Email theatre@afmuseum.com for more information.

The National Association of Rocketry (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).

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 submit your name to the test flight is. Oct. 31. Join the conversation on social media with #JourneyToMars.

Florida Wing is sponsoring a special Spaceflight Orientation Course at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFS. The activity will be held Feb.18-21. Due to the special arrangement with Kennedy Space Center, this activity will only be open to CAP senior members in the AEO (215) Specialty Track, Aerospace Education...

Middle Tennessee State University and TN Wing of Civil Air Patrol sign renewed partnership agreement in video to continue conducting Aerospace Education programs for CAP educators and cadets.  ~ With CAP TN Wing Commander, Col Bill Lane- May 2014

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 http://youtu.be/1j1UJKARy5Q.  It is 12 minutes long, but well worth the watch!    

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 Volunteer Now!  (http://bit.ly/1jFh7Qx)