In this NASA-sponsored program, students spend a research summer at Kennedy Space Center doing supervised laboratory work with investigators.
Participants learn about planning experiments, preparing reports and making presentations.
The students also attend lectures by NASA directors, scientists and astronauts. Scholars work on research and engineering designs in space exploration using the Internet and through mentoring with NASA engineers. While at JSC, scholars attend briefings, tours and field trips. They also work to develop and present a team project on lunar or Mars exploration.