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Advanced students at Hazelwood Middle School in Indiana worked with a former astronaut and the nonprofit Higher Orbits to design experiments, one of which was chosen to be launched to the International Space Station.

Five STEM educators and schools receive cash award and free STEM programming Trailblazing STEM Educator Award Winner...

Five STEM educators and schools receive cash award and free STEM programming...

Non-profit Higher Orbits brought the space program, Go For Launch, led by a former astronaut & NASA members to Midland ISD students during this year's intercession.

The money was raised by auctioning off a seat on Blue Origins upcoming spaceflight. Blue Origins New Shepard Spacecraft First Step launches on a suborbital spaceflight from West Texas on April 14, 2021. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin raised some serious cash for space nonprofits from its recent auction of a trip to space with company founder Last month, the company auctioned off a seat on the first crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, which is scheduled to lift off fr...

If you have a lot of money, you can now reserve a ticket on a balloon journey to the stratosphere. If you have a lot of money, you can now reserve a ticket on a balloon journey to the stratosphere.

Theyre $125,000 apiece. Space Perspectives "Neptune One" balloon-borne test vehicle took this photo from an altitude of about 100,000 feet (30,000 meters) during the companys first test flight, on June 18, 2021. (Image credit: Space Perspective) You can now book a seat on a balloon ride to the stratosphere — if youve got pretty deep pockets. Florida-based company Space Perspective has started accepting seat reservations for its "Spaceship Neptune," a balloon-borne pressurized capsule designe...

3 Tallahassee teens create project destined for International Space Station A group of local teenagers are having a major impact on the science community across the globe. and last updated 2021-02-11 23:23:52-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A group of local teenagers are having a major impact on the science community across the globe. "You take a step back and like, I was in high school and I designed an experiment thats going to the ISS," said Iyshwary Warren, now a student at Stanford and...

United Raises Miles for Dozens of Non-Profits that Rely on Travel Airline and its customers use crowdsourcing platform - Miles on a Mission - to donate more than 11 million miles for charities like the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, College to Congress and Compass to Care Dec 21, 2020 11:30 AM ET Tweet This:  Press Release CHICAGO, Dec. 18, 2020 /3BL Media/ -- United is inviting MileagePlus members to give back on Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season by donating miles to nearly 40...