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NASA Aeronautics 2009-2010 Student Competition Focuses on Rescue Rotorcraft New
High school and college students are invited to explore how rotorcraft can be even more effective in rescue operations. For high school students, notices of intent are due December 15, 2009 and entries are due March 1, 2010. For college students, notices of intent are due January 15, 2010 and entries are due May 3, 2010. More details are at the competition Web site. (This competition is coordinated by the Fundamental Aeronautics Program.)
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NASA Aeronautics 2008-2009 Student Competition
High school and college students proposed ideas or design concepts for a commercial transport that can fly faster than the speed of sound over land or water.
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How did aviation get off the ground? Who were the pioneers of flight? What's the next big thing in U.S. aviation? NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate provides a broad range of learning activities and materials for students and teachers that support national standards for mathematics, science, geography, and technology presentation.

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Aeronautics learning projects developed and implemented by the Education Offices at NASA Centers help to prepare interested students for a career path in fields that include aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, aeroelastics, materials, structures, propulsion and power, dynamics control, expermimental techniques, computational techniques, and others.

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NASA partnerships with academia on ground-breaking aeronautics research provide hands-on training for tomorrow's engineers. NASA seeks to create an educational pipeline that inspires, motivates, and prepares the future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce through such programs as the Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) and the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP).



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