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10-15-2020
Challenger Center Employees Remember Visiting Centers as Students
One of the most exciting and rewarding moments for Challenger Center and our Centers across the country is getting updates from our alu...
10-07-2020
Challenger Center awards San Antonio teacher with June Scobee Rodgers Award
October 5, 2020 – Challenger Center, a leading science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education organization, presente...
09-08-2020
2020 Challenger Center Awards Recap
Even though 2020 has presented the world with challenge after challenge, educators across the country have stepped up to the plate to c...
09-08-2020
2020 Annual Challenger Center Conference Recap
Challenger Center hosted its annual conference from August 17-20 – albeit with a special twist this year. Due to travel and so...
07-14-2020
Alumni Profile: Kenneth Harris
Name: Kenneth Harris Profession: Senior Satellite Engineer, Centauri Education: University of Maryland, Baltimore County – Mechanical...
06-16-2020
Live Downlink with Space Station Astronauts!
Students from across the nation will have an opportunity to talk with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Friday,...
Awards
Throughout its history the Challenger Center has decorated its supporters, members and educators with the following awards:
Sisters Donate Earnings from Lemonade Stand to Challenger Center
October 15, 2020 - Sometimes, the best surprises come in the smallest packages. Five and three-year-old vibrant sisters, Ava and Isabel Iten, recently hosted a lemonade stand in their hometown of Gainesville, Virginia and were [...]
Challenger Center Awarded NSF Project EAGER Grant Alongside Carnegie Mellon University and RAND Corporation
WASHINGTON DC – September 14, 2020 – Challenger Center, a leading science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education organization, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study students’ understanding of [...]
Past Chair, Virginia Barnes, Making Masks for Donors, Friends & Colleagues
Immediate Past Chair, retired rocket scientist, and sewing master Virginia “Ginger” Barnes has been keeping busy during quarantine and helping friends far and near while making masks. Ginger, who became involved with Challenger Center [...]
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