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How did aviation get off the ground? Who were the pioneers of flight? What's the next big thing in U.S. aviation? NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate provides a broad range of learning activities and materials for students and teachers that support national standards for mathematics, science, geography, and technology presentation.

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Aeronautics learning projects developed and implemented by the Education Offices at NASA Centers help to prepare interested students for a career path in fields that include aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, aeroelastics, materials, structures, propulsion and power, dynamics control, expermimental techniques, computational techniques, and others.

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NASA partnerships with academia on ground-breaking aeronautics research provide hands-on training for tomorrow's engineers. NASA seeks to create an educational pipeline that inspires, motivates, and prepares the future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce through such programs as the Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) and the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP).



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