STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Awards Help Inspire Future Innovators Through STEM Engagement

NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers.

Posted January 29, 2026

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Mobility

Airborne Science

Commercial Supersonic Technology

Flight Demos Capabilities

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

STEM Engagement at NASA

Ultra-Efficient Aviation

NASA Armstrong Advances Flight Research and Innovation in 2025

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research.

Posted December 22, 2025

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Announces 2025 International Space Apps Challenge Global Winners

NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events across 167 countries and territories to showcase their STEM skills and proposed ways to transform NASA’s open data into actionable tools.

Posted December 18, 2025

For Colleges & Universities

Artemis

Kennedy Space Center

Learning Resources

Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News

Project Management & Systems Engineering

Robotics

STEM Engagement at NASA

Student Opportunities

Telerobotics

NASA Launches 2026 Lunabotics Challenge

As college students across the country embark upon the academic year, NASA is giving them something else to look forward to – the agency’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge. Teams interested in participating can submit their applications and supporting materials through NASA’s Stem Gateway portal beginning Monday, Sept. 8.

Posted September 8, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Learning Resources

Next Gen STEM

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA, Museum to Launch Junior Pilot School for Young Innovators

A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). This month, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and the Flight Test Museum Foundation will launch the 2025 Junior Test Pilot School.

Posted June 12, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Find Your Place

For Colleges & Universities

Learning Resources

Spacesuits

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Student Challenge Prepares Future Designers for Lunar Missions

At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the next generation of lunar explorers and engineers are already hard at work.

Posted June 10, 2025

Kennedy Space Center

For Colleges & Universities

Learning Resources

Next Gen STEM

Partner with NASA STEM

STEM Engagement at NASA

STEM Impacts

Future Engineers Shine at NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition

And the winner is… the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Utah Student Robotics Club won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. “Win was our motto for the […]

Posted June 3, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Internships

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Careers Take Off with Internships

Lee esta historia en español aquí. Do you dream of working for NASA and contributing to exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity? The agency’s internship programs provide high school and college students opportunities to advance NASA’s mission in aeronautics, science, technology, and space.

Posted May 13, 2025

Kennedy Space Center

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Kennedy Engages STEM Participants

Students from Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida, visited the Prototype Development Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Posted May 9, 2025

Astronauts

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Nichole Ayers

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Colorado Students

Students from Woodland Park, Colorado, will connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 11:55 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, on the NASA STEM YouTube Channel.

Posted April 17, 2025