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May 23, 2007
NASA, AOL and Mad Science Choose Pennant Design
Challenge Winner
WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, NASA, AOL's kids service,
KOL, and Mad Science announced that Tapasya Das of
Mount Laurel, N.J., is the winner of the NASA
Space Pennant Design Challenge. The winning pennant, titled "Education
4 Exploration", will fly on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118
mission, targeted to launch this August. The grand prize
also includes the opportunity for the winner to view
the launch.
The competition received thousands of entries showcasing students'
vision for space. The entries required students to research,
apply what they learned, and write an explanation of
their design and how their pennant incorporates their knowledge
about the STS-118 shuttle flight or America's long-term exploration
strategy, known as the Vision for Space Exploration. The
Vision for Space Exploration is the program that will
see humans return to the moon and then travel
to Mars and beyond.
Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission will
mark the first flight for Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan,
an educator who is fully trained as an astronaut.
This mission is an important step in the ongoing
assembly of the International Space Station.
Through the NASA Space
Pennant Design Challenge, NASA continues its tradition of investing
in the nation's education programs. To compete effectively for
the minds, imaginations and career ambitions of America's young
people, NASA is focused on engaging and retaining students
in education efforts that encourage their pursuit of disciplines
critical to NASA's future engineering, scientific and technical missions.
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