Interactive Educational Experiences

Group learning environments featuring students listening to lectures about space exploration and safety awareness, showcasing engagement and teamwork in diverse settings.

Margi Hedelund from the Autism Society of Florida, teaches an Autism Safety Awareness Course to the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron Training Section and 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department Airmen Oct. 25, 2022 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Hurlburt Field was the first DOD certified installation to be an Autism Safe Community following the Autism Safety Awareness Course.

PHOTO DATE: 18 September 2013LOCATION: Bldg. 30 FCR-1 Viewing RoomSUBJECT: Students with experiements aboard the Orbital Sciences Cygnus launch watch the launch in the FCR-1 viewing room.

The 12 outstanding students selected from the winners of an international science fair listen to a lecture in an Air Force Academy classroom during their tour. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing Student Flight program participate in a Four Lenses class led by Joy Miller, the 117th Airman and Family Readiness Program Manager, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Alabama, August 13, 2022. The class was used to help new incoming airman interact with the Family Readiness program and to teach them the importance of how different people work together.

Margi Hedelund from the Autism Society of Florida, teaches an Autism Safety Awareness Course to the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron Training Section and 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department Airmen Oct. 25, 2022 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Hurlburt Field was the first DOD certified installation to be an Autism Safe Community following the Autism Safety Awareness Course.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) is interviewed by a reporter from channel 7 ABC-TV after his visit to Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. He other NASA officials visited the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students at NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

The Honorable Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, center, speaks with Michelle Evans, 502nd Force Support Squadron, child/youth lead training and curriculum specialist, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 20, 2022, at JBSA-FSH, Texas, about the temporary move the Child Development Center made Sept. 2021. Wagner visited the CDC as part of a JBSA tour.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a support building near NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to students and their flight instructors from Florida Tech, or FIT, in Melbourne. The group arrived at the SLF in Cherokee Warrior and Cessna 172S lightweight aircraft.The middle and high school students are participating in FITs Av/Aero summer camp experience. They and their flight instructors toured the SLF midfield control tower, viewed F104 Starfighters and NASA Huey helicopters in the RLV Hangar, viewed the runway plaques marking wheels stop for each of the three space shuttles, and toured the Vehicle Assembly Building where space shuttle Atlantis currently is stored.

Date: 08-20-14Location: bldg 4South, Rm 2901Subject: European Astronaut Andy Mogensen during SSRMS T&C 3 training with instructors Graeme Newman.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2016) Cryptologic Technician (Networks) 1st Class Brandon Janice, a Joint Cyber Analysis Course instructor at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station, helps a high school student, complete cybersecurity challenges during the third annual CyberThon event at Naval Air Station Pensacola. CyberThon provides northwest Florida high school and college students an opportunity to gain experience in cyber defense and engagement procedures under the instruction of active industry experts. IWTC Corry Station staff members volunteered to act as mentors for participating students.

Visitors explore one of NASA's exhibits at the Earth Day event on Monday, April 22, 2019, at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

Beating the Odds May 20, 2019 giving students experiences showing how what they learn in school can be applied to future success

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren visits DuVal High School. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren meets with students and faculty prior to a STEM event at DuVal High School, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Lanham, Maryland. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

student and school bus driver slapping hands in a ´high five´

DAVID BROCK GIVES MOTIVATIONAL COMMENTS TO STUDENTS FROM THE TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND DURING LUNCH BREAK WHILE TOURING MSFC

Students from Brevard County high schools participate in a roundtable discussion with engineers, scientists and business experts at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, on Nov. 7, 2018. The high school seniors were invited to Kennedy Space Center for a tour of facilities, lunch and a roundtable discussion. The 2018 Brevard Top Scholars event was hosted by the center's Academic Engagement Office to honor the top three scholars of the 2018-2019 graduating student class from each of Brevard Countys public high schools. The students received a personalized certificate of recognition at the end of the day.

Instruction on the operational school in Den Helder. The lecture room.

Students speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) via downlink during an event at the U.S. Department of Education, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Washington. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted Washington area middle and high school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The event was part of the 10th annual celebration of International Education Week.

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Shane Balkcom, 336th Training Squadron learning program manager, shows a student how to create basic algorithm blocks at Back Bay Elementary School on March 23, 2023. The 336th TRS collaborated with Back Bay Elementary to teach 4th grade students the basics of computer programing through a seven week course.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Williams is Exp. 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE).

U.S. Airmen attend a military transition resource event hosted by Matthew Langseth, City of Tucson military veteran program coordinator, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 1, 2024. During the event, Langseth presented several resources to help support transitioning service members and their families. Air Force

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Polar Max Conference

Members of the youth delegation at COP-15 participate in a DVC with U.S. students in Washington and Virginia sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service at the U.S. Center at COP15, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark on December 11, 2009.

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Jose Nunez, third from left, chief of the Flight Technologies Branch at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, talks with students from Brevard County public high schools during a roundtable discussion at the Public Engagement Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Top scholars from the high schools were invited to Kennedy Space Center for a tour of facilities, lunch and a roundtable discussion with engineers and scientists at the center. The 2017-2018 Brevard Top Scholars event was hosted by the center's Education Projects and Youth Engagement office to honor the top three scholars of the graduating student class from each of Brevard Countys public high schools. The students received a personalized certificate at the end of the day.

Students from Aspire Movement and from Restoration Academy participate in a base tour followed by an Aviation Inspiration and Mentorship (AIM) flight in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 11, 2022. The students toured the Operations building as well as one of the maintenance hangars before flying on a KC-135.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain talks with student essay winners Amanda Gutierrez, second from left, and Taia Saurer, white NASA shirt, at the agencys news center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 2, 2022. Gutierrez and Saurer won the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest - a nationwide event involving nearly 14,000 students - for their creative visions of a pioneering journey to the Moon. The grand prize was a trip to Kennedy to watch the launch of Artemis I. Gutierrez, 17, is an 11th-grader from Lincoln, Nebraska, while Saurer, 14, is an eighth-grader from Laguna Beach, California.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

Cody Goss of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory speaks to Boy Scouts with the Andrew Jackson Council, who visited ERDCs Vicksburg, Mississippi, campus April 1-2, 2022, for a weekend campout and hands-on tour of research and technology being developed on station.

Earth Information Center Student Engagement. Local students participate in an Earth Information Center (EIC) student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The EIC is a new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization and storytelling to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

STARBASE cadets learn about the importance of STEM in future careers May 3, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. STARBASE is a Department of Defense youth program designed to expose the nations youth to the technological environments and positive civilian and military role models found on Active, Guard, and Reserve military bases and installations.

Galapagar (Madrid), 05/04/2021. The candidate for the Community of Madrid and former 1st Vice President of the Government of Spain, Pablo Iglesias, exercises his right to vote at the La Navata public school. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States and members of staff, His Excellency Hans Peter Wittig

The Amidon-Bowen Elementary School choir performs at the MLK Day of Service, Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Kennedy Space Centers Christine Shepperd addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceports Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 17, 2019, during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedys Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Navy Talent Acquisition Group New England medical officer recruiter and adjunct professor at Quinnipiac Medical School, Lt. Matthew B. Bolton, recites the Oath of Office to future naval medical officers at Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in North Haven, Connecticut. Each graduating student attended school through the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program, of which Bolton himself was an applicant in 2019. HPSP pays for school tuition and fees while students receive a monthly living stipend.

Guest speaker for the 2018 Women's History Month program was filmmaker and feminist blogger Erin Bagwell. The program featured a screening of Ms. Bagwell's feminist documentary film "Dream, Girl". In attendance were Marshall Space Flight Center employees as well as local area high school and college students.

Captain Jeff Howdeshell, 22nd Air Refueling Wing chief of innovation lab, teaches a group of United States Air Force Academy cadets about the different projects at the lab July 21, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The innovation lab is responsible for rapid prototyping and creating solutions to help the 22nd ARW solve a variety of challenges.

Jayden Pierce, a Freedom Academy delegate representing Morgan High School, speaks with Jennie Taylor during a presentation at Freedom Academy at Camp Williams, Utah, July 13, 2022. Freedom Academy promotes the ideals and principles of the United States of America, a sense of patriotism, and motivation to actively participate in preserving our freedom.

Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image of down link set up

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren visits DuVal High School. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks with students during a STEM event at DuVal High School, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Lanham, Maryland. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spent time volunteering with DC Cares at the Park View Recreation Center in Washington, DC for their Santa's Workshop program, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Mr. Bolden spoke with students about his experience as a former NASA astronaut and current NASA Administrator, encouraging them to study math and science and to stay in school.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson surveys what students in the tech crew in the Space Shuttle Simulator room are doing during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.

Students create a cloud in a bottle at one of NASA's exhibits at the Earth Day event on Monday, April 22, 2019, at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

FIRST LEGO League participants listen to Aerospace Education Specialist Chris Copelan explain the playing field for 'Nano Quest' during a recent FLL kickoff event at StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA Stennis Space Center. The kickoff began the 2006 FLL competition season. Eighty-five teachers, mentors, parents and 9- to 14-year-old students from southern and central Mississippi came to SSC to hear the rules for Nano Quest. The challenge requires teams to spend eight weeks building and programming robots from LEGO Mindstorms kits. They'll battle their creations in local and regional competitions. The Dec. 2 competition at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will involve about 200 students. FIRST LEGO League, considered the 'little league' of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, partners FIRST and the LEGO Group. Competitions aim to inspire and celebrate science and technology using real-world context and hands-on experim

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, Teams , Environmental Protection Agency

Students to Launch KSC Visit. A group of students and their chaperones gather in the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center during a tour of NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 6, 2022. Some of them are seated at the dais at the front of the auditorium. The middle-school students, from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, are visiting the space center with the Students to Launch program. Students to Launch engages students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and creates awareness of careers in the space program.

PHOTO DATE: 07-21-09LOCATION: BLDG 9NWSUBJECT: 2160-STS130-07-21-09

PHOTO DATE: 05-03-10LOCATION: Bldg. 4south, Room 1717 SUBJECT: STS-133 crew during water survival briefing in the classroom

Kevon Brown, a participant at the Inner Banks STEM Center, tries on a pilot helmet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 20, 2022. The youth program visited the installation to learn more about Marine aviation, aircraft, and procedures in order to explore it as a future occupation.

Students and faculty from Mapletown Jr/Sr High School and Margaret Bell Middle School listen as John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks about his experiences on the final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during the NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Research Project Capstone Event in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters on Monday, May 5, 2014.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 17, 2013) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Andrew Blalock, assigned to the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758), gives a tour of the submarine to middle school students from Camp Zama and Fleet Activities Yokosuka during a girls' Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) event. The Navy's STEM for the Classroom” program encourages students to discover academic pursuits and career opportunities in the science and technology fields and allows students to explore the latest STEM technologies used in the Navy.

Students from 23 states display their rockets and talk about what they did to make them fly at the NASA Student Launch Rocket Fair on Friday, April 6. Over 800 students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, to participate in a week of activities as part of NASA Student Launch.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Lisa Scallon (far left), principal of Immokalee Middle School in Naples, Fla., welcomes astronaut Terry Virts to the school, which is part of NASAs Explorer Schools (NES) Program. Immokalee and Pine Ridge Middle School are an NES team. Also seen are Lisa Malone (second from left), director, KSCs External Relations and Business Development directorate, and Pam Biegert, chief of Educational Services at KSC, who both accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy on the trip. Kennedy is visiting the school to share the for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. NES establishes a three-year partnership annually between NASA and 50 NASA Explorer Schools teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from divers

LCROSS Family night at Ames

High School and middle schoolers attending the San Antonio ACE Academy fly immersive training devices at the 559th Flying Training Squadron June 13, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The San Antonio ACE Academy is part of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, an organization that seeks to create pathways of success with diverse youth through education and mentorship in aviation career fields.

Microsoft and NASA Space Education Day. College students present their findings after a hackathon during Space Education Day, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Microsoft Technology Center in Arlington, Va. Microsoft hosted the event to showcase the collaboration, early successes, and future plans for high quality student engagement through activities that combined space content and technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

Members of the WNY Aviation Adventure Camp and JROTC students from McKinley and Hutch Tech High Schools attend a base tour to highlight different squadrons August 9, 2022, at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York. The JROTC cadets focus on career planning, leadership experience, teamwork building, enhancing public speaking skills, strong character development, and increased community involvement. The purpose of the WNY Adventure Camp is to promote careers in aviation and expose students to the wonder of flight where students learn how aviation plays a role in the world of Math, Science, and Technology while enhancing teamwork, decision-making, and leadership skills as well as career opportunities in aviation.

Beating the Odds May 20,, 2019 giving students experiences that show them how what they learn in school can be applied to future success

jsc2013e020096 (3/27/2013) --- JSCs Digital Learning Network hosts a live International Space Station (ISS) downlink with students from the Pasadena Independent School Districts Pearl Hall Elementary as they explore the many cultures and music surrounding the ISS partners. The Music and Space event is hosted by Astronaut Cady Coleman. Students perform songs at the JSC DLN studio with Astronauts Coleman and Dan Burbank who perform with flute and guitar.

220623-N-YS933-1009 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2022) Sailors display educational material during a command health fair in the hanger bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking to class during tour of the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota. College is operated by North Dakota's five principal tribes, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, Spirit Lake Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux, Standing Rock Sioux, and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

High School and College students from around the U.S. came together at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama for the 2019 Student Launch Initiative. The students launched their rockets to their own predetermined altitude with various payloads including remote rovers and unmanned aerial vehicles.

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Line Drube, ISU SSP09 student watches from the sidelines.

Students from the Maryland School for the Blind learn about astronauts during NASA's Disability Mentoring Day, Thursday, April 7, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washignton.

Jennifer Trosper, Mars Perseverance project manager, leads rover team members at JPL in a round of applause for students who were honored through the You've Got Perseverance campaign for overcoming obstacles in pursuit of their educational goals.

Hurricane Katrina, Boute, LA November 15, 2005 - Teacher Elaine Hume enters data into her laptop at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center where she has been working since Hurricane Katrina closed the New Orleans high school where she taught. Elaine is one of twenty-eight "Teachers of America" employed by FEMA in Louisiana.

After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.

Gary Leamons (at white board), course instructor, points out a key point to students attending the JLTV Phase II class. (Army photo by Cheryl Phillips)

Young polling place volunteer helps a senior voter cast his ballot on new electronic equipment.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun delivers remarks at the Department of State�s 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony, from the National Museum of American Diplomacy, in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2020.

Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former 2x astronaut, is interviewed by a news crew before the start of a "FMA Live!" event at Hardy Middle School in Washington on Monday, Sept. 16th, 2013. "FMA Live!" is a program sponsored by NASA and Honeywell that teaches Newton's 3 laws of motion mixed with dance and music. The program travels across the country and has reached nearly 300,000 students.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren visits DuVal High School. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren meets with students and faculty prior to a STEM event at DuVal High School, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Lanham, Maryland. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

Student Launch Initiative participants launch their rockets at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, visits the "Todai to Texas" program at the University of Tokyo in Japan on April 18, 2016.

Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander, speaks to students part of the Air Force Detachment 645 ROTC program April 14, 2022 at Ohio State University. College students interested in joining the Air Force or Space Force go through a four-year program which allow them to attend AFROTC classes along with other college courses to receive elective academic credit.

Students from Brevard County public high schools arrive at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Top scholars from the high schools were invited to Kennedy Space Center for a tour of facilities, lunch and a roundtable discussion with engineers and scientists at the center. The 2017-2018 Brevard Top Scholars event was hosted by the center's Education Projects and Youth Engagement office to honor the top three scholars of the graduating student class from each of Brevard Countys public high schools. The students received a personalized certificate at the end of the day.

Secretary Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin on tour of the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 visits Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Tom Marshburn, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, speak with local media during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington.

Retired NASA astronaut Tom Jones is with top scholars from Brevard County public high schools in the Rocket Garden at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Top scholars from the high schools were invited to Kennedy Space Center for a tour of facilities, lunch and a roundtable discussion with engineers and scientists at the center. The 2017-2018 Brevard Top Scholars event was hosted by the center's Education Projects and Youth Engagement office to honor the top three scholars of the 2017-2018 graduating student class from each of Brevard Countys public high schools. They students received a personalized certificate at the end of the day.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Sam Durrance (right) talks to a student and teacher at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. He and Center Director Jim Kennedy, along with other NASA representatives, visited the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Seniors from Calvert High School Calvert, Texas in the United States Department of Agriculture Creative Media and Broadcast Center television studio while on a Career Opportunity tour of USDA as part of a senior trip sponsored by the Farm Service Agency Ag in the Classroom” program Mon., May 23, 2011 in Washington DC.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses for a selfie after a quick rap performance by some young professionals during the annual DEVELOP Earth Science Application Showcase at NASA headquarters Tuesday, August 5, 2014. The Earth Science Applications Showcase highlights the work of over 150 participants in the 10-week DEVELOP program that started in June. The DEVELOP Program bridges the gap between NASA Earth science and society, building capacity in both its participants and partner organizations, to better prepare them to handle the challenges that face our society and future generations.

Musician 1st Class Ryan Hanseler, from New Orleans, La., and Chief Musician Jonathan Barnes, from Dundalk, Md., speak with audience members following the Navy Band Commodores performance at the Young Composers Showcase, part of the 2024 Jazz Education Network conference. The showcase features the winning compositions of international student composers between the age of 14-30 whose works are performed by the conference premier ensemble. Each year, thousands of educators, students and professional jazz musicians gather for the four day conference to network, seek professional development opportunities, and hear the nations top performing jazz musicians.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two student astronauts” welcome Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) and NASA astronaut Sam Durrance to Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. Kennedy and other NASA-KSC representatives are visiting NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation, astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla. The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) and External Relations Director Lisa Malone (second from right) talk to teachers at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla. Kennedy made the tour to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was also accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Future Engineers "Two for the Crew" competition winner, Ansel Austin, speaks about his Trillium Tool, a type of wrench, during a STEM in 30 event, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana encourages fourth- through 12-grade students and their teachers from across the nation to "dream big" during the NASA Explorer Schools Symposium in Florida. During the event, May 4-7, about 60 students will tour Kennedy, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, and participate in several educational activities and a career panel question-and-answer session. The symposium also offers professional development opportunities for about 30 teachers.The participants were competitively selected after they completed an original investigation focused on existing NASA missions or research interests.

Instructor explaining participants in room at skydiving center

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) volunteer at the Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding event hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Feb. 4. Ford is in port at Naval Station Norfolk for a continuous planned maintenance availability.

1996 'STELLAR' program commencement with special guest speaker Mrs. Gayle Wilson (CA governor's wife)

U.S. Air Force Academys Cadet for a Day program, in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, hosts 9-year-old JeMoni Ford and his family, March 15, 2019. Since 2000, the Cadet for a Day initiative has been helping make dreams a reality by providing young people facing severe medical challenges with the opportunity to experience life as an Academy cadet.

Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2012 FEMA Flat Stanley and Flat Stella visited FEMA's National Response Coordination Center and learned about the teamwork that happens there.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 visits Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Mark Vande Hei, and Tom Marshburn answer questions from students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington.

Capt. Jerry Duong, left, 189th Infantry Brigade, and Sgt. 1st Class Emily Brandt, 3rd Regiment, 361st Battalion, conduct a skit as part of their teach backs on learned training during the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Commands Stand for Life suicide prevention training event in Nashville, Tennessee, March 28 - 30, 2022. SFL provides intervention skills for people at-risk for suicide as well as resources and networking capabilities to enhance learned skills. SFL is a three-day training event conducted through a level of interaction and various exercises versus continuous training through slide presentation.

SSGT Amanda Neill, 331st TRS instructs basic trainees on proper way to fold clothes and arrange in clothing drawer. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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