NASA is sponsoring the one-day workshops at each of its 11 sites across the country for teachers who participate in the National History Day program. As NASA celebrates its 40th anniversary, teacher workshops on the intersection of history and technology were considered a unique way to highlight the significance of the space program. Since 1974, National History Day has grown from a local Cleveland, Ohio competition with about 100 students to a national academic program. It is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, corporations, foundations, and individuals. Columbia Gas of Maryland is a major sponsor of Maryland's History Day.
Judges are university professors, high school teachers, museum curators and other public historians.