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Student Competition Alert:
NASA TechRise Student Challenge

The NASA 2025–26 TechRise Student Challenge invites grades 6–12 teams (with an educator) to design experiments to fly on a suborbital spaceship or a high-altitude balloon. No experience is required, and students of all skill levels are encouraged to apply.

Sixty winning teams will each receive $1,500, a flight test opportunity, and NASA advisor support. Registration is open until November 3, 2025. Last year, there were two winning Michigan teams. Check out their experiments on the NASA TechRise Student Challenge Winners webpage.

Learn more, access outreach resources, and sign up at the NASA TechRise Student Challenge website.

Future Engineers :: NASA TechRise Challenge Are you ready for this year’s NASA TechRise Student Challenge? This competition provides a hands-on opportunity for participants to gain critical skills in engineering, computing, electronics, and more that will be required for America’s technical workforce. If you are in sixth to...

📢📢Calling at FIRST YEAR TEACHERS📢📢

Join us for our First Year Teacher Workshops in Grand Rapids on 8/5 and Lake Orion on 8/12!

Grand Rapids registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSfpJnIUcim7kWLjK6SHXeNYs_rUbHsmNXpC46C5ny970qbA/viewform

Lake Orion registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLScRGEKK3XGgKskWAZkHCYXiJ9fkxBTzjJ85QXN4wTke8qlJcg/viewform