Educational Support
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USAFA Class of 2015 cadets at swearing in ceremony in front of the Air Force Academy Chapel
(AOG WebGuy Photos, 6-24-2011)
Thank you letter from General Lorenz
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RNASA Treasurer Geoff Atwater and Chairman Rodolfo González present a check to TAS Program Manager Jessica Cejka.
(RNASA photo, 8-25-11)
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RNASA Foundation proceeds benefited the Women in STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars program. Shown here are girls from 27 states plus D.C., WISH counselors, U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (center), JSC Deputy Director Ellen Ochoa (center left), and Rebecca Spyke Keiser Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy Integration (center right) at JSC on August 5, 2011.
(NASA photo, 8-5-11)
A total of $26,340 in proceeds from the 2011 RNASA event were donated to the Texas Aerospace Scholars (TAS) and the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Endowment in honor of National Space Trophy winner, General Kevin Chilton. The USAFA Endowment received $10,000 and the TAS donation of $16,340 supported the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) and the Women in STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars programs based at Johnson Space Center.
In 2010, RNASA donated $34,000 in proceeds including $20,000 from the Foundation, and $7,000, in honor of the 2010 National Space Trophy winner, Bill Gerstenmaier, donated to the High School Aerospace Scholars program. Another $7,000 was being donated in honor of the 2009 National Space Trophy winner, Michael Griffin, to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to support Space Camp.
Past recipients of RNASA donations include the National Flight Academy adjacent to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida; Parks College of Engineering at St. Louis University; Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; the University of Houston-Clear Lake, Space Center Houston; and the On Wings of Eagles Foundation of Broomfield, Colorado.
The RNASA Foundation has supported the High School Aerospace Scholars program since its inception in 1999. RNASA Foundation donations have allowed more students to complete on-line lessons and then spend a week during the summer at Johnson Space Center where they are briefed by engineers, scientists, and astronauts; and cooperate to design settlements on Mars. From its 1999 to 2011, about 9,000 students have participated in the program, with the WISH program beginning in 2011. Students are nominated to participate by their state legislator through a competitive process. For more information about NASA Aerospace Scholars, visit:
NASA High School Aerospace Scholars: http://scholars.spacegrant.org/
Linda Smith, NASA HAS Program Manager, 281-483-7086, linda.k.smith@nasa.gov.
Woman in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars: http://wish.spacegrant.org
Texas Aerospace Scholars: http://tas.aerospacescholars.org/
Washington Aerospace Scholars: http://www.museumofflight.org/was
Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/science/isas/
Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars: http://www.vasts.spacegrant.org/
West Virginia Aerospace and Engineering Scholar: http://www.fairmontstate.edu/collegeofscitech/outreach/west-virginia-aerospace-and-engineering-scholar