Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center
Explains the vast communications and tracking support for shuttle operations that will replace most of the expensive ground stations used in previous space programs. Included are the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the NASA Communications Network, domestic satellites, and the deep-space network for interplanetary missions.
www.faa.gov ACE Academies are summer educational programs for middle and high school students that can last from one day to one week and are co-sponsored by FAA along with many other organizations. The focus is on aviation career exploration with emphasis on opportunities for women and minorities. Students experience instruction in aviation history, the physics of flight, field trips to aviation sites and hands-on activities. Our goal is to have one program in each state and US territory. This program reaches approximately 2000 students each summer. Dates, locations, cost and age requirements vary according to sponsoring organizations. Courtesy FAA
