This program offers a unique opportunity for Texas high school juniors to directly engage with NASA scientists and engineers, gaining hands-on experience in real-world aerospace and STEM challenges.
The NASA Texas Aerospace Scholars (TAS) Junior Experience is a year-long, multi-phase STEM program for Texas high school juniors. It begins with "Launch Pad," an online course featuring four mission-inspired modules covering Earth science, space exploration, and technology. Students engage in interactive lessons, rubric-based activities, quizzes, and engineering design challenges, including 3D drawings and video creation. High-achieving students (70% or greater average) are invited to "Moonshot," a five-day virtual summer challenge where they work in teams with NASA mentors to plan an Artemis-themed Moon to Mars mission and design challenge. The top teams from Moonshot are then invited to "Base Camp," a residential experience at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, where they continue hands-on design and engineering activities and tour NASA facilities. The program aims to develop transferable skills in coding, computer-aided design (CAD), engineering, and collaborative problem-solving, while providing direct engagement with NASA scientists and engineers and exploring STEM career pathways.
During the online Launch Pad phase, students engage with interactive lessons, quizzes, and rubric-based activities. For the Moonshot virtual summer experience, students work in teams on an Artemis-themed Moon to Mars mission design challenge, mentored by NASA scientists and engineers.
The program is ideal for Texas high school juniors interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, who are curious about aerospace and STEM careers, and are committed to a year-long, multi-phase learning experience.
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
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