Educational Support
Hi res. The RNASA donation in honor of former NASA Administrator and 2009 National Space Trophy winner Michael Griffin to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will allow more students ages 9 to 11 to attend Space Camp. (Photo courtesy USSRC, April 2010)
Hi res. Texas High School Aerospace Scholars Week 4 students applaud the supporters who made their week-long experience at Johnson Space Center possible. The RNASA Foundation donated $20,000 to the program in 2010. (Photo by Marianne Dyson, July 16, 2010)
In 2010, RNASA donated $34,000 in proceeds. This amount includes $20,000 from the Foundation, and $7,000, in honor of the 2010 National Space Trophy winner, Bill Gerstenmaier, donated to the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. Another $7,000 is being donated in honor of the 2009 National Space Trophy winner, Michael Griffin, to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Foundation to support Space Camp.
Past recipients of donations include Purdue, Space Center Houston, the University of Houston-Clear Lake, the Wings of the Eagle Foundation, and Parks College of Engineering at St. Louis University. In 2008, a donation was made to help establish the National Flight Academy adjacent to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL.
The RNASA Foundation also supports the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. RNASA Foundation scholarship donations allow 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 compete in building rovers, rockets, and landers. From its inception in 1999 to 2010, about 7,000 students have participated in the program. Students are nominated to participate by their Texas state legislator through a competitive process. Visit the HAS Web site for more information.