{"id":6303,"date":"2010-01-24T18:09:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/high-school-students-can-send-experiments-flying-with-nasa\/"},"modified":"2010-01-24T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T18:09:03","slug":"high-school-students-can-send-experiments-flying-with-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/high-school-students-can-send-experiments-flying-with-nasa.php","title":{"rendered":"High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"
NASA <\/span>is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment<\/span> of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. The Balloonsat<\/span> High Altitude Flight competition will launch on a NASA <\/span>weather balloon May 25-27 in Cleveland.

To participate, student teams in grades nine through 12 must submit a research or flight demonstration proposal to NASA<\/a>'s Glenn Research Center<\/span> in Cleveland by Friday, Feb. 19. Teams of four or more may pursue a wide variety of topics in this competition, including science<\/span><\/a> and weather observations, remote sensing and image processing. A panel of engineers and scientists at Glenn will evaluate and select four top-ranked proposals by Friday, March 5.<\/p>

The top four teams will be awarded travel expenses and up to $1,000 to develop their flight experiment or technology demonstration. Teams will participate in three flight days to release, track and recover their experiments. In addition, students will tour Glenn <\/span>facilities and present their findings at Glenn's Balloonsat <\/span>Symposium. All participants visiting NASA <\/span>must be U.S. citizens.<\/p>

NASA <\/span>will host an informational webcast about the competition Jan. 27 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. EST. A link to the webcast and additional information about Balloonsat High Altitude Flight<\/span> is available at:
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http:\/\/www.grc.nasa.gov\/WWW\/balloonsat<\/a>
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This and similar education programs help NASA <\/span>attract and retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines critical to the agency's future missions.

NASA's student Balloonsat<\/span> competition is sponsored by Teaching From Space<\/span>, a NASA Education Office <\/span>at NASA's Johnson Space<\/a> Center<\/span> in Houston, the Educational Programs Office at Glenn and the Ohio Space Grant Consortium.<\/p>

For more information about NASA's education programs<\/span>, visit: <\/p><\/span><\/div>

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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/education<\/a>
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For information about NASA's Glenn Research Center<\/span>, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

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