NASA Selects High School Students For INSPIRE Education Program

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected 1,732 high
school students from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to
participate in its Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating
Research Experience, also known as INSPIRE. The INSPIRE project is designed to
encourage students in grades nine through 12 to pursue careers in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics.

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The selectees will participate in an online learning community in which
students and parents have the opportunity to interact with their peers and
NASA engineers and scientists. It also provides appropriate grade-level
educational activities, discussion boards and chat rooms for participants and
their families to gain exposure to the many career opportunities at NASA.

The selected students will have the option to compete for workshops and
internships at NASA facilities and participating universities throughout the
nation during the summer of 2010. The summer experience provides students a
hands-on opportunity to investigate careers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.

The INSPIRE project is part of NASA's education efforts to engaging and
retaining students in disciplines critical to the agency's missions.

For information about the program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education/INSPIRE

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education

SOURCE NASA

Stephanie Schierholz of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-4997,
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, or Tracy Young of NASA's Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., +1-321-867-2468, tracy.g.young@nasa.gov