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Samples of lunar rocks (brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts) and meteorites are available on loan to certified educators for classroom use.

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    NASA Dryden Hosts ITEA Student Robotics Teams Tour

    Brooke Neufeld of Tehachapi High School's Cyber Penguins robotics team tries her hand at controlling a high-performance jet in Dryden's F/A-18 flight simulator under the guidance of Dryden simulation engineer Brian Spivey.
    Brooke Neufeld of Tehachapi High School's Cyber Penguins robotics team tries her hand at controlling a high-performance jet in Dryden's F/A-18 flight simulator under the guidance of Dryden simulation engineer Brian Spivey. (NASA photos by Tom Tschida)

    Students from a half-dozen junior and senior high schools get a first-hand look at technology and engineering in action during ITEA event...Learn more

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2013 Robotics Competition Ends for THS, AVHS Teams

Tehachapi High senior Brooke Neufeld demonstrates an Arbitrary Quadrature Encoder that she designed for use on rotary or linear applications to FIRST regional robotics competition judge Warren Hioki from the College of Southern Nevada as THS senior Nick Horn looks on.

Season not entirely over for Tehachapi and Antelope Valley High teams with outreach demonstrations planned in coming weeks.

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Robotics Teams Progress Toward Championships

Tehachapi High Cyber Penguins team members Bailey Thompson and Brooke Neufeld demonstrate the climbing mechanism they designed and built for their 2013 robot to FIRST Robotics Competition director Frank Merrick.

Lancaster High School team invited to FIRST championships; Tehachapi and Antelope Valley High teams attempt to qualify at Las Vegas regional meet.

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LNHS Robotics Team Scores in Sacramento, Davis

Sen. Steve Knight plays catch the Frisbee with the team's ENIAC practice robot while members of the Eagle Robotics look on during their visit to the state capitol.

Attends state senate session, demonstrates their robot at capitol, then participates in regional robotics competition at UC Davis campus.

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    Connect your middle and high school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to the exciting world of NASA exploration and discovery by joining the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Project.

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    Dryden Cooperative Education Program

    The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Cooperative Education Program is designed to provide work experience for undergraduate and graduate college students who are pursuing degrees in fields related to Dryden research.

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