Texas high school juniors who are selected as High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) will spend time the next few months stargazing, chatting online with aeronautical engineers and being briefed by astronauts.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched this year’s HAS program, which offers high school juniors the opportunity to utilize their math and science skills while completing Web-based assignments during the school year. Then, during the summer, the selected students will travel to Houston where they will work with space center engineers and scientists and receive briefings from astronauts.
The HAS program is a good opportunity for students who are considering careers in science, technology, engineering, math and space exploration to work with men and women who are investigating options for sending humans to Mars. High school juniors who are interested in participating in the 2009-2010 program to learn more about it at http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov