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06-18-2019
The Next Giant Leap at a Challenger Learning Center Near You!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Challenger Learning Centers across the country are hosting Next Giant Leap-theme...
06-06-2019
JetBlue Foundation Sponsors STEM Program, Earth to Mars
Thanks to JetBlue Foundation, over 80 students from the Challenger Learning Center at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, CA ...
05-30-2019
Flight Director Celebrates 20th anniversary with a Poem
To celebrate Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana 20th anniversary, veteran Flight Director Greg Karas, wrote a poem dedicat...
05-07-2019
National Challenger Center awards Dayton Public Schools teacher with June Scobee Rodgers Award
The national Challenger Center, based in Washington, D.C., presented Christine Irby, a Special Education teacher at Westwood PreK-6, wi...
Awards
Throughout its history the Challenger Center has decorated its supporters, members and educators with the following awards:
8-Year-Old Boy with Rare Disease ‘Flies to Mars,’ Meets Favorite Astronaut in Louisville
It was with help from the Make-A-Wish foundation that an Indiana boy with a rare disease met a hero. Eight-year-old Averey is battling a sickle cell disease. One day, he hopes to become an astronaut. [...]
Dayton Teacher Wins National Award for STEM Work in Special Education
Dayton Public Schools teacher Christine Irby on Monday won a national Innovative Educator Award for her work teaching science, technology, engineering and math concepts (STEM) to special education students at Westwood Elementary. Officials of the [...]
Son of Space Shuttle Challenger Commander Remembers Tragedy 33 Years ago
(CNN)For Lt. Gen. Richard "Rich" Scobee, losing his father in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was a personal tragedy he and the families of other members of the crew have shared with the [...]
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