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2019 National AEO School Registration Opens
The 17th Annual CAP National Aerospace Education Officers School and workshop is open to Aerospace Education Officers (AEOs) and Aerospace Education Members (AEMs). Presentations, hands-on activities, field trips and networking opportunities highlight the week. AEOs attend Monday, June 24 - Friday, June 28. Monday's training covers the duties and responsibilities of the AEO position. AEMs attend Tuesday, June 25 - Friday, June 28*.
Look Back At 2018's Top Space Stories
InSight's Mars landing led to a selfie and the capture of the sound of wind on Mars. Learn about these and other milestones of Space exploration from 2018. CAP member and astronaut Eric Boe is pictured with astronauts selected for upcoming missions. Read more here.
Save the Date: 2019 National Aerospace Education Officer School
Real World Design Challenge 2019 Registration Is Open
Why NASA's solar probe won't melt when it touches the sun
National AEO School And Workshop Registration Deadline June 1
CAP Aerospace Education Cadets Get Up-Close Exposure To Fighter Wing Aircraft
Teachers Learn About, Join CAP AE Program At Space Exploration Educators Conference
The annual Space Exploration Educators Conference at Space Center Houston in February gave educators a chance to hear about and join Civil Air Patrol as an Aerospace Educator Member. National Headquarters staff presented sessions on CAP's STEM Kit Program and the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program and offered TOP Flight sessions. At the STEM Kit session, teachers worked in groups with the Bee-Bot programmable robot, one of 15 STEM Kits the Civil Air Patrol offers to its senior members as well as to AEMs (a special membership category for educators). At the ACE session, educators worked with hands-on activities, such as finger rockets, that are provided to teachers who sign up for that program. In addition, the Texas Wing flew 45 teachers over the course of the conference from flights originating out of Ellington Field