This is a $1,350,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Virginia Air & Space Center, a non-profit organization that serves as the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. The purpose of the agreement is to transform, redefine, and develop the 21st century NASA Langley Visitor Center, with a focus on educational programming related to NASA's science, technology, engineering, and...
This is a $687,680.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Virginia Air & Space Center, a non-profit organization that serves as the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. The grant will fund the STEMCONNECT initiative, a STEM literacy and enrichment program, from 2023 to 2025. The Virginia Air & Space Center has previously received other NASA grants and cooperative agreements totaling $1.3 million to...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21M0045, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC), a non-profit organization, in the amount of $749,997.00. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement with a performance period ending on November 4, 2025. The VASC has served as the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center since 1992, hosting millions of visitors and supporting NASA's mission...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $891,760.20 cooperative agreement to Secor Strategies, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to coordinate NASA and STEM education projects over the next four years. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, was awarded directly by NASA's Shared Services Center. Secor Strategies, which has over a decade of experience in this area, will continue to design and implement hands-on learning experiences for...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AC67A, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) as a cooperative agreement. The contract, valued at $4,484,336.24, is for the NASA Space and Earth Informal STEM Education Network (SEISE-NET) project, which aims to engage public audiences in informal and lifelong learning related to STEM concepts. The project will leverage NASA's subject matter expertise, assets, and data to create...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $646,622.00 grant contract to Cosmosphere, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide STEM programming and outreach. The project, titled "Apollo Redux," will bring authentic Apollo-era Mission Control consoles out of storage and into classrooms, museums, and Challenger Learning Centers around the country. The grant aims to engage participants in simulated Apollo-era missions to build an...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $38,432.00 grant to the Evergreen Aviation And Space Museum And The Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, a non-profit organization, to implement the "SPACED OUT! FOSTERING STEM LITERACY IN STUDENTS GRADES 5-8 THROUGH IMMERSIVE SPACE SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES" project. The grant, awarded on August 29, 2024, with a performance period ending on August 28, 2025, is intended to...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum and The Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, a non-profit organization. The $38,432.00 grant will fund the "SPACED OUT" program, which aims to foster Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) literacy in students in grades 5-8 through immersive space science learning experiences. The contract...
This federal contract award was made by NASA to the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC), a non-profit research organization affiliated with Old Dominion University, to implement the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program. NCAS is a national initiative that provides community college students interested in STEM careers an authentic NASA experience through online learning and on-site workshops at NASA centers. The award, valued at $171,129.86, will fund VSGC to host two NCAS...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $174,247.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Virginia Living Museum Community Education Fund, a non-profit organization, to expand their collaboration with NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) project under the "Earth Right Now" communication theme. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for educational experiences that promote conservation and...