National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT

2019
At NASA, we are committed to engaging students across 

our nation to join us on our journey of exploration and 

discovery. Over the past year, students have worked side 

by side with NASA engineers, scientists and technologists; 

participated in experiential learning opportunities; engaged 

in exhibits and activities in museums and out-of-school 

programs; and benefited from NASA investments in faculty, 

teachers and institutions all over the nation. Our portfolio of 

STEM engagement activities and opportunities designed to 

attract, engage and educate students, support educators, 

and educational institutions across the nation is compelling: 

internships and fellowships, research and development 

opportunities, challenges and competitions, pre-college and 

college STEM learning experiences, educator and faculty 

support, and institutional investments. 

We envision NASA’s work with students will attract and engage 

the Artemis Generation – our future aerospace workforce 

– and stimulate interest in STEM careers. NASA is making 

valuable contributions to our nation’s STEM ecosystem by 

creating mission-driven opportunities for students to contribute 

to NASA’s work, helping to build a vibrant and diverse 

next-generation STEM workforce, and leveraging unique 

opportunities toward enhancing STEM literacy. 

You are invited to explore the impact of NASA’s STEM 

engagement efforts in the pages that follow.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

5........... Strategy

7........... At a Glance

8........... Summary of Impact

10......... Program Snapshot

14......... Student Work Experiences

21......... Student Learning Opportunities

35......... Research and Development

41......... Educator and Institutional Support

47......... Strategic Partnerships

50......... Focused Features
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We immerse students in NASA’s work, enhance STEM 

VISION literacy and inspire the next generation to explore.

MISSION We engage students in NASA’s mission.

FOCUS AREAS

Create unique opportunities 

for students to contribute to 

NASA’s work in exploration 

and discovery.

Build a diverse future STEM 

workforce by engaging 

students in authentic learning 

experiences with NASA’s 

people, content and facilities.

Strengthen understanding of 

STEM by enabling powerful 

connections to NASA’s 

mission and work.

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
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NASA’s STEM Engagement at a Glance

In FY2019, NASA’s congressionally appropriated These four projects capitalize on a unique and measure progress in achieving performance 

$110 million STEM Engagement Program national network of partners and educational goals and annual performance indicators. This 

executed a robust and diverse set of projects institutions, including colleges and universities; included the development and execution of 

and activities for the benefit of students at the state and local educational institutions; a new Learning Agenda, which serves as the 

K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels. These museums, science centers and informal foundation for building a culture of learning and 

activities ranged from direct student awards educational organizations; and associations and continual improvement. Through this Learning 

for NASA internships and fellowships; student nonprofit entities, to most effectively magnify Agenda, an evidence-based decision-making 

challenges, competitions and other learning reach and impact when serving students. process is employed annually to facilitate the 

activities; faculty and teacher opportunities and assessment, validation and use of a body Through its diverse yet focused set of efforts, resources; awards to educational institutions of evidence to inform budgetary, policy, NASA’s STEM Engagement Program makes for research and development; and awards to programmatic and operational decisions. compelling contributions to federal STEM informal educational institutions to create and 

education goals toward building a strong Overall, 2019 yielded powerful work in attracting, deploy student learning opportunities. The STEM foundation for STEM literacy; increasing diversity, engaging and educating students and supporting Engagement Program is comprised of four equity and inclusion in STEM; and preparing the teachers, faculty and educational institutions projects: the NASA Minority University Research STEM workforce for the future. nationwide. These efforts are central to building and Education Project (MUREP), National our next-generation workforce, stimulating Space Grant College and Fellowship Project In FY2019, NASA’s STEM Engagement interest in STEM careers and fostering an (Space Grant), Established Program to Stimulate community demonstrated evidence of progress, understanding of the power and value of STEM. Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the Next continuing to enhance its capacity to assess 

Generation STEM Project (NextGen STEM). the efficacy of STEM Engagement investments 
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NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY OF IMPACT

INTERNSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS and

OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION AWARDS

inter

8,005

nships, fellowships and 

$32M

direct financial support to 

other higher education awards higher education students

30.2%

of higher education awar

30.2%

ds 

were to racially or ethnically 

underrepresented student 

participants

39.5%

of higher education inter

39.5%

nships 

and fellowship positions were 

filled by women

RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT

1,374

peer-reviewed publications, 

technical papers and 

presentations reported 

by Space Grant, MUREP, 

and EPSCoR grantee and 

awardee institutions

1,695

OSTEM collaborated with

institutions and organizations

Collaborators were funded 

and unfunded fr

states, plus the District of

50

om across all

Columbia, Guam,Puerto 

Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

PARTNERSHIPS, STUDENTS and EDUCATORS

Competitive grants and cooper

ded to 95

ative 

agreements awar

educational institutions

located in all

50states, plus the District of 

Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, 

and U.S. Virgin Islands

827,257

students participated in 

182,601

educators participated in NASA NASA STEM engagement* STEM engagement training activities*

Post Doctoral 1.5% Pre-service Teachers 16.7%

Graduate 1.9% Informal Educators 12.5%

Undergraduate 7.1% Higher Education Faculty 10.5%

Community College 0.7% High School Teachers 16.2%

High School 18.3% Middle School Teachers 19.9%

Middle School 24.2% Elementary School Teachers 23.8%

Elementary School 46.3% Administrators .4%

* Participation numbers are self-reported by external grantees, awardees and collaborators

* Summary of impact for FY2018 based upon validated body of evidence collected for the entire fiscal year.
NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM SNAPSHOT 

MUREP ($33M) 

The NASA Minority University Research 

and Education Project (MUREP), provides 

financial assistance via competitive awards 

to Minority-Serving Institutions, or MSIs. 

These opportunities are available to 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions, AsianAmerican and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions, Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, 

American Indian Tribal Colleges and 

Universities, Native American-Serving 

Nontribal Institutions and other MSIs as 

required by MSI-focused Executive Orders. 

In turn, these schools actively recruit and 

retain underrepresented and underserved 

students, including women and persons 

with disabilities, into STEM fields. For more 

information, visit nasa.gov/stem/murep 

FY 2019 MUREP Engagement 

Awards 

granted to 

56 

U.S. institutions 

U.S. States and Ter ritories 

with active MUREP Awards 

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

hosted 50 pre-service teachers 

for a week-long professional 

development workshop as part of 

NASA’s MUREP Educator Institute. 

Image Credit: NASA 

SPACE GRANT ($44M) 

The National Space Grant College and Fellowship 

Project, or Space Grant, is a national network 

of colleges and universities. This network of 

consortia in every state, the District of Columbia 

and Puerto Rico, as well as their affiliates from 

universities, colleges, industry, museums, science 

centers, and state and local agencies, conducts a 

spectrum of initiatives and programs to enhance 

STEM education. Initiatives include student 

fellowships and internships, faculty development 

and curriculum enhancement, and pre-college 

and public service education efforts. For more 

information, visit nasa.gov/stem/spacegrant 

, 

Virginia Space Coast Scholars, a 

partnership between the Virginia Space 

Grant Consortium, NASA’s Wallops Flight 

Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional 

Spaceport, built model rockets as part 

of the Virginia Space Coast Scholars 

Summer Academy at Wallops. Image 

Credit: Courtesy of Mary Sandy, Virginia 

Space Grant Consortium. 

850 affiliates from universities, 

colleges, industry, museums

science centers, and state 

and local agencies. 

these 

affiliates 

consortia in all belong to 

one of 52 50 

states, plus the 

District of Columbia

and Puerto Rico 

10 11 
12 13

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

EPSCoR ($21M)

The Established Program to Stimulate 

Competitive Research, or EPSCoR, 

establishes partnerships with government, 

higher education and industry designed to 

affect lasting improvements in a state or 

region’s research infrastructure, research and 

development (R&D) capacity and, hence, 

bolster its national R&D competitiveness. 

EPSCoR is directed at jurisdictions that 

have not, in the past, participated equably 

in aerospace-related research activities. 

The goal of EPSCoR is to provide seed 

funding that will enable jurisdictions to 

develop an academic research enterprise 

directed toward long-term, self-sustaining 

and nationally-competitive capabilities in 

aerospace and related research. For more 

information, visit nasa.gov/stem/epscor

University 

of Arkansas 

Graduate 

student 

researchers 

work in a lab 

for GeSn film 

deposition. Alabama Alaska

Arkansas

Delaware

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Mississippi

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Vermont

Virgin Islands

West Virginia

Wyoming

2874total awards across jurisdictions

Research Infrastructure Development

Research

International Space Station Flight Opportunity

Rapid Response Research (R3)

EPSCoR Competitive Opportunities

NextGen STEM ($12M)

The NextGen STEM project invests in a diverse set of 

efforts and student learning opportunities, including 

those serving students in K-12. NextGen STEM 

provides a platform to attract and engage students, as 

well as enable them to contribute to NASA’s endeavors 

in exploration and discovery. NextGen STEM’s missiondriven activities include more than 20 evidencebased products and opportunities in authentic STEM 

experiences. These opportunities enhance STEM 

literacy and help build a vibrant and diverse nextgeneration STEM workforce.

NextGen STEM offers competitive opportunities to 

museums, science centers, planetariums, NASA Visitor 

Centers, youth-serving organizations, libraries, and 

other eligible nonprofit institutions through NASA Teams 

Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions 

(TEAM II).

In addition, NextGen STEM operates NASA’s Museum 

Alliance, bringing current NASA science and technology 

to students through professional development of 

informal education providers and access to NASA staff 

and materials. The Museum Alliance enables NASA to 

broadly disseminate valuable learning opportunities to 

students all over the globe. For more information, visit 

nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem

10 astronauts provided In-flight educational 

opportunities for students

Joe Acaba

Alex Gerst (ESA)

Ricky Arnold

Norishige Kanai (JAXA)

Serena Auñón-Chancellor

Paolo Nespoli (ESA)

Randy Bresnik

Scott Tingle

Drew Feustel

Mark Vande Hei

65+

NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II)

34states, plus 

organizations across the District of 

Columbia

1,270

NASA’s Museum Alliance

organizations across

39 countries, 

including 

the U.S.
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STUDENT WORK 

EXPERIENCES
16 17 * Data captured during CY2019.

INTERNSHIPS

NASA internships offer unique experiences 

for high school, undergraduate and 

graduate students, as well as educators, to 

integrate with career professionals. Interns 

are assigned to projects that emphasize 

degree-related tasks and contribute to the 

advancement of NASA’s missions. 

Internships are offered during three sessions 

throughout the year. Summer internships 

are 10 weeks in length, and fall and spring 

internships are 16 weeks. NASA’s Office 

of STEM Engagement interns are funded 

through a stipend that is competitive 

with industry standards for internships. 

Additionally, volunteer internships can be 

found on intern.nasa.gov. Internship offers 

are typically extended three months prior to 

the session start date. However, mentors can 

select and extend an offer as early as two 

2,031

sessions prior to the start date.

total interns

1,811single session

220 multi-session

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app launched 

in 2019

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Disabled

(4% Did Not

Report)

Veterans

(3% Did Not

Report)

Disabled / Veterans

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

Mentor Funded Space Grant MUREP Other

Funding Sources

More than 1⁄2 of internships 

are mentor funded

39%

58%

3%

0 500 1000 1500

Female

Male

Did Not Report

Gender

Interns represent 

all 50 states plus

the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico and 

U.S. Virgin Islands

Academic Level

25%

32%

4%

7%

7%

13%

12%

High School

College Freshman

College Sophomore

College Junior

College Senior

Master’s Degree

Doctorate

6%

14%

8%

1% 62%

9%

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native American or Other Pacific Islander

White

Did Not Report

Race

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

Non-Hispanic or Latino

Did not report

79%

17%

4%

FELLOWSHIPS

NASA fellowships are competitive awards 

that support independently conceived 

or designed research by highly qualified 

faculty, undergraduate and graduate 

students. Fellowships afford students 

opportunities to directly contribute to 

NASA’s mission efforts and gain valuable 

learning experiences in STEM disciplines. 

Fellowship opportunities are focused on 

innovation and generating measurable 

research results that help advance NASA’s 

current and future science and 

technology goals. 

31total NASA fellows, 

scholars & alumni 

NASA successfully awarded 

renewals to 19 fellows

10

21

Returning students

New students

14 student fellowships awarded to minorityserving institutions through MUREP

5student fellowships awarded to 

institutions through the Aeronautics 

Research Mission Directorate

totaling

$2.3Mto support 

graduate student 

research
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SPOTLIGHT ON NASA INTERNS & FELLOWS

Danyale Berry

Marshall Space Flight Center Intern

Danyale Berry, an exercise science 

major at Winston-Salem State 

University in North Carolina, is 

currently working on comparing and 

contrasting the ground-reaction forces 

and gait cycles of various neuropathic 

individuals to support human health, 

life support and habitation systems 

to live and work in space by focusing 

on motion-capture technology via 

Marshall’s Virtual Environments 

Laboratory.

Wolf Cukier

Goddard Space Flight Center Intern

In 2019, Wolf Cukier was a high school 

summer intern. His job was to examine 

variations in star brightness captured 

by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey 

Satellite (TESS). During his internship, 

Cukier discovered what is now called 

TOI 1338 b, TESS’ first circumbinary 

planet. A paper, which Cukier coauthored, has been submitted to a 

scientific journal.

Emma Dahl

NASA Fellow at New Mexico State

Emma Dahl was invited to participate 

in the American Astronomical Society 

Division for Planetary Sciences 

Conference in Switzerland to present 

her research work on “Exploring 

Mechanisms for Change in Jupiter’s 

Atmospheric Structure During the Juno 

Era.” Dahl’s research is in measuring 

the cloud layer in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Sara Horoiwa

Glenn Research Center Intern

Sara Horoiwa is a SCaN Project intern 

at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in 

Ohio, where she supports the Space 

Communications and Navigations 

Office and Graphics and Visualization 

Laboratory. Currently, she is working on 

a lunar rover 3D model that will be used 

to help create a virtual-reality simulation, 

letting users drive the rover on the 

Moon’s surface. 

Alexander Johnson

NASA Fellow at Florida International University 

Alexander Johnson was invited to 

participate in the National Radio 

Science Meeting sponsored by the U.S. 

National Committee for the International 

Union of Radio Science. Johnson 

presented a paper titled “A Wideband 

Differentially Fed Tightly Coupled Dipole 

Array,” placing in the top 5 among the 

completive paper entries. 

Atalanda Cameron

Johnson Space Center Intern

Atalanda Cameron is a senior at the 

University of Houston-Clear Lake 

(UHCL), studying environmental 

biology. She has completed three 

internships at Johnson Space Center 

and is currently working with UHCL 

and NASA as a wildlife survey student 

researcher, where her efforts will help 

the agency create a more sustainable 

future.

Andrew Chen

Langley Research Center Intern

As a recent high school graduate, 

Andrew Chen was invited to work as 

a machinist fabrication intern. Chen’s 

internship involved skills like additive 

manufacturing and metal milling. 

One of his current projects is helping 

develop a solar-sailing satellite. Prior to 

his internship, he also participated in 

the NASA App Development Challenge. 

Supreet Kaur

Ames Research Center Intern

Supreet Kaur is a current student at 

San Jose State University who will 

earn a Bachelor of Science in industrial 

and systems engineering. Supreet 

was a member of the Brooke Owens 

Fellowship Class of 2019. This summer, 

she will be working at the Center for 

Strategic and International Studies 

as a research intern in the Aerospace 

Security Project.
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STUDENT LEARNING 

OPPORTUNITIES
22 23

Robotic Mining Competition

More than 300 undergraduate and graduate 

students from 45 colleges and universities 

throughout the United States competed 

in NASA’s 2019 Virtual Robotic Mining 

Competition while NASA constructed a new 

mining arena. Participating teams submitted 

a systems engineering paper, reported on 

their STEM outreach in their communities and 

provided a virtual slide presentation and robot 

demonstration. 

 

51 

33

teams registered

across states

Minority-Serving Institutions

11

In 2020, the Robotic Mining Competition 

will now be known as NASA’s Lunabotics 

Competition. The name change reflects the 

future evolution of the competition beyond 

mining. The competition will be held at NASA’s 

Kennedy Space Center and will use the new 

mining arena located in the Astronaut Memorial 

Foundations’ Center for Space Education.

STEM Student Challenges Student Launch 

On April 6, 2019, NASA held Student Launch, a 

research-based experiential exploration activity 

that challenges teams comprised of middle, 

high school, college and university students 

across the nation to design, build and launch 

payloads, or vehicle components, that support 

NASA’s Space Launch System. Fifty-two 

teams participated in the project, with 38 teams 

ultimately launching their rockets. As part of 

the challenge requirements, participating teams 

conducted 269 STEM Engagement events 

reaching 50,133 participants. 

52 

21

38

269

teams participated

College and University

Middle and High School

resulting in successful launches

STEM Engagement events

with

teams 

from

states

45

7

STEM Student Challenges
24 25

Human Exploration 

Rover Challenge

From April 12-13, 2019, NASA held the 25th 

Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge 

which requires teams to design, build and test 

technologies that enable rovers to perform in 

a variety of exoplanetary-like landscapes. The 

competition course requires two students, one 

female and one male, to traverse a half mile of 

terrain including obstacles and tasks. Ninety-six 

teams took part in the competition, hailing from 

23 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto 

Rico, as well as a record number of countries, 

including Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, the 

Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, 

India, Mexico, Morocco and Peru.

96

300 33

teams participated

U.S. teams

International teams 

volunteers sponsors

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

68 28

STEM Student Challenges Micro-g NExT

Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design 

Teams (Micro-g NExT) challenged undergraduate 

students to design, build and test a tool or 

device to address an authentic, current space 

exploration challenge. The overall experience 

included hands-on engineering design and 

test operations conducted in the simulated 

microgravity environment of NASA Johnson 

Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. 

24

24

216

undergraduate 

student teams

devices developed in support 

of space station spacewalk 

operations and Europa

undergraduate students 

engaged in developing and 

testing NASA mission tools

Minority-Serving Institutions

Community Colleges

8%

12%

Female team leads

Male team leads

29%

71%

STEM Student Challenges
26 27

SUITS 

NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for 

Students (SUITS) gives students an authentic 

engineering design experience supporting 

NASA’s Artemis mission. This activity challenges 

students to design and create spacesuit 

information displays within augmented reality 

environments. After development, student 

teams travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center 

in Houston to test their software designs with 

unique NASA assets. 

16

200+

13

higher education institutions 

from across 12 states

higher-education students 

and faculty engaged

teams, 12 on-site, 1 virtual

Minority-Serving Institutions

Community Colleges 44%

19%

STEM Student Challenges First Nations Launch

The First Nations Launch Competition provides 

Native American undergraduate students the 

opportunity to build and launch Class K highpowered rockets. Participants experience 

a preliminary design review, critical design 

review and safety package, and give formal 

presentations. Students are either members of 

the American Indian Science and Engineering 

Society or attend a tribal college. 

15

101

teams, each representing 

their own school

total student applications

Tribal College or University

Alaska Native-Serving and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Native American-Serving Nontribal 

Institutions Program

STEM Student Challenges
28 29

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS)

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars 

(NCAS) is an agencywide STEM engagement 

activity for community college students to 

engage in authentic learning experiences with 

NASA’s diverse people, content and facilities. 

Funded by the Minority Undergraduate Research 

and Education Project’s (MUREP) competitive 

awards, NASA provides financial assistance to 

minority serving institutions. These institutions 

recruit and retain underrepresented and 

underserved students, including women, girls, 

veterans and persons with disabilities, into STEM 

fields.

During the program, students compete to 

become a NASA Community College Aerospace 

Scholar by completing STEM-based activities 

online to become eligible to visit a NASA Center 

for a four-day, expenses paid, onsite experience.

19 on-site experiences

at

10 NASA centers

Student Learning 

Opportunities

NCAS alumni flew 

research, the MicroAlgae 

Biosynthesis in 

Microgravity investigation, 

on the International Space 

Station in May 2019, 

with NCAS continuing 

the active outreach 

component. 

NCAS piloted a Moonto-Mars themed 

robotics competition, 

Lunar Base Camp, at 

the 2019 American 

Indian Higher Education 

Council’s Spring Student 

Conference.

ASTRO CAMP

NASA ASTRO CAMP 2019 day-camp 

programs provided hands-on, exciting activities 

centered on exploration and discovery as 

campers prepared to become the “Next 

Generation Exploring ...Moon Today & Mars 

Tomorrow.” Students also interacted with NASA 

professionals, and participated in NASA STEMthemed celebrations known as “NASA Days.” 

These camp-specific events that gave youth 

and families opportunities to personally interact 

with NASA in showcasing their camp program 

success. 

NASA ASTRO CAMP 2019 programs were 

integrated with evidence-based out of school 

learning/teaching strategies following the ASTRO 

CAMP proven methodology of collaboration 

that aligns with current NASA Science Mission 

Directives.

Student Learning 

Opportunities

Students participate 

in a hands-on activity 

at an ASTRO CAMP 

day-camp program. 

101 community 

collaboration programs

255 camp weeks

9,187 campers

2019 ASTRO CAMP Student Ethnicity

White (1,878)

African American (4,919)

Hispanic (1,910)

Native American (43)

Asian (84)

Other (325)

2019 ASTRO CAMP Attendance by Grade 

4th grade (1,197)

5th grade (1,475)

6th grade (891)

7th grade (1,383)

8th grade (528)

>8th grade (399)

<4th grade (3,139)
30 31

NextGen STEM App Development Challenge

NASA’s App Development Challenge asked 

middle and high school teams to design 

an application to visualize three minutes of 

simulated test data in support of the Ascent 

Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test successfully completed 

July 2, 2019. The AA-2 flight test is a critical step 

in demonstrating Orion’s safety as NASA leads 

the next steps of human exploration into deep 

space.

It was even better 

than we expected ... 

it was really useful 

to be able to see 

what you could do to 

get into NASA, how 

you could approach 

it (and) where you 

could work within the 

organization.

–Javier Coindreau

Team Millburn captain

Student Learning 

Opportunities

723student participants 125educators

28

teams

2213

states schools

Opportunities

Students who submitted winning NASA App Development Challenge videos were invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the 

Orion Ascent Abort-2 flight test on July 2, 2019. 

NextGen STEM WEAR Chal

Wearable Equipment for Averting Radiation 

(WEAR) kicked off with the challenge for middleand high-school aged teams to develop garment 

designs meant to protect astronauts from 

excessive radiation in deep space. The NextGen 

STEM Moon to Mars team collaborated with 

NASA’s RadWorks Project and Langley Research 

Center’s Office of STEM Engagement to develop 

and present the WEAR challenge. 

Student winners of the “Wearable Equipment for Averting 

Radiation” (WEAR) challenge got a tour NASA Langley. 

17

12

710

schools 

submitted 

proposals

jurisdictions, 

including Puerto Rico 

High School 

Students

Middle School 

Students

HIGH SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL

76 49

lenge

high school

5 &

middle school

5

teams were selected to participate 

in the 2019 Wearable Equipment for 

Averting Radiation Challenge event at 

NASA’s Langley Research Center 

Student Learning 

Student teams develop their own garment designs to protect 

deep space astronauts from excessive radiation. 

This is showing them what the 

real application of the work 

they’re doing is — this is not a 

fictitious or fabricated scenario. 

I’m hoping this is going to 

continue to fuel their passion for 

what they’re doing.

 – Adam Middleton 

 high school educator 
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STEM on Station

STEM on Station uses the International Space 

Station (ISS), its crew and onboard research 

to advance NASA and the nation’s STEM 

education and workforce pipeline. Using NASAunique resources and opportunities such as 

live conversations with astronauts in space, 

hands-on STEM activities developed through 

high-profile partnerships and videos filmed by 

astronauts in space showcasing STEM concepts

STEM on Station inspires, engages and educate

students and teachers.

The STEMonstration video library 

has over 235,000views

Presented at the STEM Leadership 

Alliance Summit in Orlando, Florida to

200+influential STEM leaders

Shared the Google Expeditions ISS tour and 

information about STEM on Station with 

10,000

visitors to the National Mall during the 

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Festival

, 

s 

Facilitated

20

downlinks in

14

states plus 

the District 

of Columbia 

reaching

4K

educators 

and

85K

students

Student Learning 

Opportunities

Photos from a variety of STEMonstrations videos and STEM on Station downlink events engaging 

students across the U.S.. 

STEM on Station Partners with Microsoft 

to Release New Lesson Series

At the International Society for Technology Education’s 2019 

National Conference on June 24, the educational partners 

unveiled eight hands-on lesson plans to engage middle and 

high school students. 

NextGen STEM Commercial Crew Program 

The Next Generation STEM Commercial Crew 

Program (NGS CCP) developed K-12 curriculum 

and teacher guides, hands-on activities and 

educator resources, with an emphasis on 

technology in the classroom. 

These resources center on NASA commercial 

partners and their efforts toward human 

spaceflight to the space station. 

The 360 virtual-reality (VR) tours use personal 

VR systems, providing educators and students a 

virtual classroom field trip experience. 

The Rocket Science: Ride to Station app takes 

students through the process of selecting a 

mission, the rocket and the astronaut crew 

needed to conduct that mission. 

Middle and high school resources also include 

the Crew Orbital Docking Simulation and an 

Eggstronaut Parachute Design Challenge using a 

tracker app. 

Kindergarten through elementary school 

resources include activity sheets, engineering 

design challenges and a storybook. 

These resources provide authentic STEM 

learning experiences using the engineering 

design process, or computational thinking. 

These products were tested in May 2019 by 32 

educators and partners of NASA Space Grant 

consortia from 16 states.

Student Learning 

Opportunities

Educators participate in testing hands-on STEM learning activities.
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RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT
36 37

EPSCoR Driving Research and Development

NASA EPSCoR funded research and of a NASA/National Science Foundation joint 

development initiatives across 28 states through research solicitation; conducted a successful 

four solicitations focused on research and directors’ meeting and Technical Interchange 

research infrastructure, International Space Meeting with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and 

Station (ISS) flight opportunities and rapid- published the 2018-2019 edition of the Stimuli

response research awards. In addition this year, publication, highlighting research reports that 

EPSCoR briefed the director of the Office of demonstrate how EPSCoR research supported 

Science and Technology Policy; served on the NASA’s efforts to return to the Moon and then go 

Office of Budget Management subcommittee on on to Mars: https://go.nasa.gov/2PdhlGh

results-oriented reporting; initiated development 

5 solicitations

100 Cooperative agreements 

awarded

16 Basic research awards 

28 Research infrastructure 

development awards 

26 Research infrastructure 

development 

augmentation awards 

25 Rapid Response Research (R3)

5 ISS Flight Opportunity awards 

(had six EPSCoR ISS research 

projects launch, four return, and 

currently nine on orbit) 

Students work on their NMTSat student-built satellite. 

NMTSat is funded by the New Mexico NASA EPSCoR 

program and New Mexico Tech. 

MUREP Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Cooperative Agreements

The MUREP Aerospace High-Volume 

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management 

Cooperative will provide almost $1.5 million 

to fund curriculum-based learning, research, 

training, internships and apprenticeships at 

three institutions to meet the growing demand 

for expertise and techniques in high-volume 

aerospace manufacturing.

During the next two years, these institutions will 

develop innovative opportunities for students to 

learn about designing and building aerospace 

parts using high-volume manufacturing practices, 

as well as the supply chain management of those 

parts.

Selected institutions:

 Tuskegee University, Alabama

 Virginia State University, Virginia

 University of Texas at El Paso, Texas
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MUREP Inaugural Innovative and Tech Transfer Idea Competition

MUREP welcomed 50 students and professors challenge guidelines. Up to 10 qualifying teams experience exposed team members to research 

from 10 Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) at were then selected to participate in an online facilities, laboratories, start-up companies and 

NASA’s Johnson Space Center for the inaugural collaboration and were funded to travel to the opportunity to discuss further development.

MUREP Innovative and Tech Transfer Idea Johnson for the immersive on-site experience. NASA internships will be given to 10 MITTIC Competition (MITTIC). Once participants arrived, they were required to participants through NASA’s Small Business Tech 

“It was a great experience for our team, and submit a technical concept paper, explain their Transfer Office and NASA’s Technology Transfer 

one that I would recommend to anyone working technical concept and business plan during a Office, funded by MUREP.

on innovative research and development of poster session and present an oral “lightning “I am happy to report the Immersion spinoff technologies,” said Manuel Lobato-Vico, pitch” to a panel of judges. Experience last week was wildly successful professor at the University of Puerto Rico. “We The winners of MITTIC 2019 were students for everyone involved, especially the 10 MSIs are committed to continue and want to apply to from El Camino College in Torrance, California. that were showcased in the Space Tank the NASA Technology Transfer licensing office to Students from El Camino chose to use a competition,” Program Manager Misti Moore build a prototype and, eventually, a commercially Portable Wireless Signal Booster from Johnson. said. “The feedback we received from our viable product.” The team received travel funding, one principal technical community and partners has been 

To meet the requirements, teams chose one investigator visit, a tour and presentation at overwhelmingly positive on the technologies 

NASA Intellectual Property from a provided list NASA’s AMES Research Center and visits produced by these institutions, and we cannot 

and submitted concept papers using MITTIC various companies in Silicon Valley in April. This wait to gear up for round two.”

MITTIC participants, professors and 

leaders pose for photo in the Teague 

Auditorium on the first day of Space Tank.

MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity

MUREP’s Institutional Research Opportunity NTU will use its award to help NASA’s Marshall SBC plans to work with prominent organizations 

(MIRO) competitively selected two tribal Space Flight Center develop advanced such as NASA’s Langley Research Center in 

universities to receive funding to support the parts for use in the Space Launch System, Virginia, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 

training and development of students and faculty which may open new possibilities for further in Maryland and the University of North Dakota 

in STEM education: Navajo Technical University space exploration and significantly reduce Atmospheric Science Department to develop a 

(NTU) and Sitting Bull College (SBC). manufacturing costs and time. regional research facility.

NTU will join eight other universities that were SBC, has received more than $1 million through The SBC Facility for Innovative Atmospheric 

announced earlier this year as a recipient of NASA’s MIRO and MUREP for American Indian Research and Education, or FIARE, is envisioned 

MIRO’s cooperative agreement award. MIRO- Alaska Native STEM Engagement, also known as a ground-based atmospheric composition 

selected universities will perform research and as MAIANSE, a collaborative pilot program. SBC monitoring station. Students will be able to 

education that directly supports NASA’s four was selected for its submission centered on air acquire and report data on ambient air quality as 

mission directorates: Aeronautics Research; -quality research, environmental technology and they gain the education and experience required 

Human Exploration and Space Operations; education on the Standing Rock Reservation. for successful NASA STEM careers.

Science; and Space Technology. The award will be distributed during the next 

three years.

Research assistants in the Center for Space 

Exploration Technology Research set up a 

laboratory-scale turbine combustion rig and highspeed camera. Image Credit: University of Texas at 

El Paso, cSETR University Research Center
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EDUCATOR & 

INSTITUTIONAL

SUPPORT
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NASA Museum Alliance

NASA’s Museum Alliance is an active community sharing best practices and lessons learned. Not 

of practice that provides informal educators surprisingly, planning for the Apollo anniversaries 

access to NASA resources. Since navigating was the most popular topic, but like-minded 

NASA’s extensive resources can be daunting, educators also shared in forums on topics such 

the Museum Alliance team provides a human as planetariums, models and exhibits.

connection and help for informal educators As a result of the resources, expertise looking to bring NASA to their diverse audiences. and support received, the majority of The Alliance is also where NASA experts can find Museum Alliance members held events an audience ready to help engage students and commemorating the Apollo 11 Moon landing. youth worldwide. These community celebrations ranged from 

Each year, the alliance presents more than 30 lectures and documentary screenings to multilive briefings by NASA experts. In 2019, almost day extravaganzas and multi-month special 

half the presentations related to Artemis and exhibitions.

the Apollo anniversaries. The briefings give 

participants the chance to get information 

and answers to their questions directly from professionals experts, plus presentation materials, links and 

resources to use with their own audiences. The 

2,500

recordings and transcriptions are archived on the 

Museum Alliance member website of searchable U.S. organizations

resources. 1,100

On the public side of the website, the 2019 

calendar of events listed more than 700 

searchable and sortable mission milestones, 

170 International organizations

trainings, anniversaries and celestial events as 

well as contest and challenge deadlines. 50 states, plus the District of 

Columbia and Puerto Rico

Notable in 2019 was the success of the 

collaborative chat forum. Alliance members 

have embraced this opportunity to communicate 38 additional countries

with their informal educator peers directly, 

2

Students work to assemble a puzzle during an event to 

commemorate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. 

NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions

In close collaboration with NASA mission youth to participate in “Space City” engineering 

directorates, NASA’s competitive award program, design competitions for living and working in 

Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal space. Selected from the 2018 TEAM II NRA, 

Institutions (TEAM II) enhances the ability of they join three others previously awarded from 

museums, science centers and other informal that solicitation, which provided a new immersive 

education institutions and partners to deliver and “escape room” inspired STEM game; traveling 

participate in NASA-based activities. Since the exhibitions featuring actual Apollo Mission 

initial competition in FY2008, almost 90 awards Control Room consoles and interactive mission 

totaling more than $58 million have been made simulations; and the world’s first makerspace 

more than 65 organizations in 34 states, plus in a botanic garden, dedicated to NASA’s food 

the District of Columbia. Six NASA Research production challenges.

Announcement (NRA) solicitations have been Several national network partners will extend the released under TEAM II and its precursor, the reach of these programs through the Museum Competitive Program for Science Museums, Alliance, Smithsonian Affiliate museums, National Planetariums and NASA visitor centers.

Informal STEM Education Network, Nation of 

Three new awards in FY2019 totaling more Makers, Communities in Schools, Challenger 

than $2.2 million brings the number of active Learning Centers and PBS Learning Media.

awards to 22, collectively funded for more Released in May, the 2019 TEAM II NRA than $18 million in grants and cooperative theme of Moon to Mars celebrates the agreements. Themed on Small Steps to Giant Artemis Generation, collaborating with the Leaps: Looking to the Future of NASA Innovation Human Exploration and Space Mission and/or Human Exploration Beyond Low-Earth Directorate and the Space Technology Mission Orbit, the recent projects provide authentic, Directorate. Forty-seven museums, science mission-driven STEM experiences that include: centers, planetariums, libraries, youth serving image-processing capability for citizen science organizations across the United States and using MicroObservatory Robotic Telescopes other informal education nonprofit organizations and kiosks in museums; a new season of PBS’ 

submitted proposals. Those awards will be “SciGirls” episodes and role-model videos announced in early FY2020. focusing on girls’ space-flown experiments; and 

a program to engage families and prepare at-risk 

Students interact with the Apollo Redux experience, designed 

to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing. 

Image Credit: Cosmoshpere, Hutchinson, KS

$2.2M+

Three new awards in FY2019 totaling 

22total active awards

$18M+

in grants and cooperative agreements
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NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative

Educator Professional Development with unique NASA and NextGen STEM content, 

Collaborative (EPDC) provides high-quality STEM NASA STEM EPDC provides a combination 

engagement and education expertise, guidance of virtual and face-to-face resources. NASA 

and resources. NASA STEM EPDC works with STEM EPDC leverages virtual learning platforms 

educators at all levels, including university pre- to provide authentic STEM-engagement 

service educators, pre-service teachers, K-12 opportunities through student and educator 

teachers and informal educators, and engages webinars, badges and bilingual resources to 

students of all ages to introduce them to relevant reach the greatest number of students. NASA 

STEM content through exciting NASA STEM STEM EPDC specialists and senior personnel 

contexts. also deliver learning experiences face to face at 

events, seminars and conferences to serve large Using a mixed-delivery approach to engage groups of students and educators. nationwide audiences of students and teachers 

Educators participate in a STEM EPDC face to face event. 

Pre-Service 1,642

4,784

4,438

3,686

1,269

731

17,465

Elementary

Middle School

High School

Higher Education

*49,641 participants 

reported as other

Administrator

Informal Educators

67,937total participants 

27 hours of professional digital badges awarded, totaling 154 development credit

face-to-face events

289

186 103

Off-site events

On-site events

webinars

131

NASA general content 

NextGen NASA theme

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STRATEGIC

PARTNERSHIPS
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

NASA has more than 30 Space Act Agreements 

for STEM-engagement activities with 

external organizations. The involvement and 

contributions of NASA STEM professionals 

are vital to NASA’s STEM-engagement 

efforts. There is benefit in establishing a 

direct connection to the technical workforce 

as key stakeholders for STEM engagement, 

specifically to:

• Serve as advocates for NASA’s role and 

work in STEM engagement

• Stimulate and facilitate participation and 

contributions by STEM professionals 

within their respective disciplines/

communities

• Assess needs and provide guidance 

regarding strategies and direction

• Advise on consistency of the STEMengagement portfolio

• Serve as liaison for technical professionals 

and provide relevant knowledge regarding 

technical content

Here’s a glimpse of some of the 

valuable strategic partnerships 

for NASA STEM Engagement.

Hacking STEM Lessons

Microsoft, Inc.

8lessons for middle school 

and high school

addressing the 

challenges of 

living in space

Astro Socks were 

featured on ISS 

Instagram

U.S. Department

of Education

100,000

25 

students participated in 

engineering design challenges

Partnership with 

NASA and 21st 

Century Community 

Learning Centers

states offer STEMbased enrichment to K-8 

students, particularly 

those in high-poverty and 

low-performing schools, 

during non-school hours 

Tynker, Inc.

Mission Patch Coding Challenge

10,000

5

entries in one week

students won a class 

chat with a NASA 

subject matter expert

Global challenge in partnership 

with Tynker Coding for Kids

Peanuts Worldwide

STEM & Peanuts Partnership

STEM curriculum 

for K-8 students

Developed STEM content for 

McDonald’s Happy Meals

TM

TM

Challenger Center

Completion of Christa 

McAuliffe’s Lost Lessons

NASA astronaut Ricky 

Arnold debuts Christa’s 

Effervescence lesson 

for students
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FOCUSED

FEATURES
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International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) The program included an educator professional entitled “STEM Careers: Today and in the 

is the annual event that brings together all of the development workshop, which featured Future,” which showcased representatives from 

players in the development and exploration of Dr. Jane E. Pollock, staff from the Victorian the Space Generation Advisory Council, Young 

outer space. The IAC was held in Washington, Space Science and Education Center, NASA Professionals Program Committee and NASA’s 

D.C. from October 21-25, 2019 and the Office Commercial Crew Program and NASA Global Office of General Counsel.

of STEM Engagement played a major role. The Learning and Observations to benefit the For the first time, more than 600 local middle Congress was a tremendous success, with more Environment Program. school students converged upon the Congress than 8,000 participants. The 2019 ISEB cohort included approximately venue and experienced two days of STEM 

NASA chaired the 2019 International Space 70 students who had the opportunity to hear engagement activities facilitated by 12 STEM 

Education Board (ISEB) and worked closely from space leaders and other special guest organizations. Students were able to meet 

with the American Institute of Aeronautics and speakers from around the world, including astronauts during the various panels, which were 

Astronautics, who served as the local organizing the heads of 10 space agencies. The student held during each of the STEM Days. 

committee, as well as the 10 ISEB partner program also included participation in researchagencies. related activities and a young career panel, 

Left: NASA Administrator 

Jim Bridenstine answers a 

question during a Heads of 

Agency interactive session 

with students at the 70th 

International Astronautical 

Congress, Oct. 21, 2019 at 

the Walter E. Washington 

Convention Center in 

Washington. 

Right: Students raise their 

hands to ask a question 

during a STEM day session 

at the 70th International 

Astronautical Congress, 

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in 

Washington

OSTEM 2019 National Broadcasts

The Future of Space

On April 29 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, students participated in a unique learning 

experience — The Future of Space. This event was in partnership with the American Institute for 

Aeronautics and Astronautics, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and NASA’s 

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. Students in the Washington area and across 

the country heard from host and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and the NASA powerhouse 

panel that included NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Associate Administrator for the Human 

Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate William Gerstenmaier, and Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Exploration Steven Clarke.

STEM Forward to the Moon

STEM Forward to the Moon, a 30-minute STEM broadcast that was part of NASA’s two-hour Apollo 

50th anniversary program, featured middle school students and simulations of returning to the 

Moon with the Artemis Generation. OSTEM partnered with museums and science centers, with 

each location demoing an interactive science experiment that viewers could also follow along with, 

whether in their own homes or at partner locations. The STEM experiments and broadcast aimed to 

inspire the next generation of explorers to dream big and take the next steps forward to the Moon 

and on to Mars.

Space & STEM: Where Do You Fit In?

The Office of STEM Engagement presented a live broadcast, “Space & STEM: Where Do You Fit In?” 

from NASA Headquarters and the 2019 International Astronautical Congress. The event featured 

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, along with NASA senior leadership, astronauts and young 

professionals, to provide insight on their experiences and inspire the Artemis Generation to take 

an active role in NASA’s efforts to send the first woman and next man to the Moon. Interspersed 

between panels featuring either young professionals, senior leadership and astronauts, videos 

highlighted the advancements of young people, all to get involved and be part of the NASA mission. 
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Notable Milestones: Space STEM Forum & Apollo 50th Anniversary

SpaceSTEM.NASA.gov 

Largest interactive Apollo anniversary event compilation

• 1M attendees at listed events

• More than 300 events at 240+ sites 

from July 19 - 20, 2019

Spaceflight Jr. Ranger Guide

STEM content in partnership with the National Park Service

• Spaceflight Explorer, 

Junior Ranger Activity Guide 

• 50K+ distributed to 50+ National Parks

Forward to the Moon with Artemis

Primary STEM activities on Artemis and Apollo

• 100K distributed to NASA Centers, libraries, 

Challenger Learning centers, museums and Solar 

System Ambassadors.

• 74 organizations in 28 states

Museum Alliance Lunar Webinars

13 STEM webinars on Apollo and Artemis

• Live attendance 1000+

• 4000+ downloads of archived 

recordings and materials

STEM Forward to the Moon Broadcast

NASA broadcast from four museums (Apollo and Artemis)

• 27,165 combined social media engagement

• 30K+ views on YouTube with 1,299 live streams

#VirtualMoonshot

NASA lunar STEM social media student event

• 18 host centers; 560K social media following

• Total reach: 6,108 users

• Total engagement: 4,303 users

STEM Apollo Watch Party/Media Kit

STEM kit for museums and youth-serving organizations

• Resources and draft media advisory to publicize 

Apollo events

• More than 2,300 page views

Apollo Anniversary STEM on National Mall

Interactive student-based STEM engagement activities

• Cosmosphere’s Apollo Redux exhibit

• 10 STEM activities, with over 21K NASA items 

distributed

• More than 2K participated in scavenger hunt and 

over 10K interactions with general public

NASA Technology Infusion Road Tour

Led by NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, organizations. With the road tour hosted on three 

the NASA Technology Infusion Road Tour was a MSI campuses, representatives from various 

multi-day forum that resulted in the opportunity MSIs showcased their research capabilities and 

for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to increasing collaboration with federal partners. 

collaborate with members of NASA’s Offices NASA, along with other federal agencies, 

of Procurement, Small Business Programs participated in networking activities, including 

and Small Business Innovation Research/ tours of the host MSI research facilities and 

Small Business Technology Transfer. Leaders a matchmaking session. NASA continues to 

from various NASA mission directorates also expand its reach and is the only federal agency 

shared opportunities available in their respective with a 1% goal for contracts with MSIs.

Photos from various MSI campuses included in the NASA Technology Infusion Road Tour.

Road Tour by the numbers

36 total MSIs

330 total attendees

Tuskegee University 

April 2019

11MSIs

80attendees

New Mexico State University 

August 2019

12 MSIs 90attendees

University of Puerto Rico 

November 2019

13 MSIs160attendees
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Students from Texas Make History and Celebrate a Historic Moment

Since 2017, students from Lone Star CollegeCyFair in Texas, Team CERO, have been hard 

at work developing their tool design to solve a 

space walk challenge. Through support from 

the Texas Space Grant Consortia and placing 

third in the Texas Space Grant Consortia Design 

Challenge, their proposal was selected for 

the 2018 cycle of Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy 

Experiment Design Team or Micro-g NExT. 

Their evolutionary design for a zip-tie cutter 

opened up more possibilities. The following 

year, in spring 2018, the team participated in 

both programs. Not only did they win the Texas 

Space Grant Consortia Design Challenge, but 

they also won with Micro-g NExT. Team CERO’s 

zip-tie cutter tool underwent testing in May 2019, 

and it surpassed the engineers’ expectations so 

much so that they were invited back to develop 

their tool further for testing with NASA’s Active 

Response Gravity Offload System. 

The device, created thanks to Micro-g NExT, was 

the first to have been flight certified and flown 

to the space station. It was used by astronaut 

Luca Parmitano to aid in the repair of the Alpha 

Magnetic Spectrometer on Nov. 15, 2019. 

Astronaut Luca Parmitano uses the zip-tie cutter during a spacewalk to repair the Alpha Magnetic 

Spectrometer on Nov. 15, 2019. Image Credit: NASA

The work of our students surpassed all 

expectations. Through our participation in this 

challenge, we have realized the value of providing 

an end-to-end design experience to students in the 

first two years of their engineering study.

 – Jared Cammon

 Faculty advisor

Clockwise:

Team members guide divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) as their 

developed tool is tested. 

The student team from Lone Star College-Cy Fair, which participated in Micro-g 

NExT, pause for a photo with NBL support staff and their zip-tie cutter, which is 

expected to be used in space in 2019. 

The zip-tie cutter, a novel new tool designed by Lone Star College-Cy Fair students, 

is evaluated underwater at NASA Johnson Space Center’s NBL. 
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LINK

INDEX

NASA Office of STEM Engagement Links

NASA Office of STEM Engagement ..................................................................... stem.nasa.gov

Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) ........................... nasa.gov/stem/murep

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) .................. nasa.gov/stem/epscor

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project (Space Grant) ................. nasa.gov/stem/spacegrant

NextGen STEM ..................................................................................................... nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem

STEM Student Challenges ................................................................................... nasa.gov/joinartemis

NASA Internships ................................................................................................. intern.nasa.gov

NASA Museum Alliance ....................................................................................... informal.jpl.nasa.gov

NASA EXPRESS ................................................................................................... www.nasa.gov/stem/express
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