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Logo of the Virginia Spaceport Authority. The Virginia Spaceport Authority, [1] formally better known as Virginia Space, is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia focused on bringing commercial spaceflight to Virginia and providing education in aerospace technologies across the Commonwealth.
Website. www .lpi .usra .edu. The Lunar and Planetary Institute ( LPI) is a scientific research institute dedicated to study of the solar system, its formation, evolution, and current state. The Institute is part of the Universities Space Research Association [1] (USRA) and is supported by the Science Mission Directorate of the National ...
The School of Marine Science (SMS) at VIMS is the graduate school in marine science for the College of William & Mary. VIMS offers M.S., Ph.D., and professional M.A. degrees in marine science. [1] The school has 52 faculty members, [2] an enrollment of 80-100 students, and includes 4 academic departments.
Logo. Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. The organization's mission is to inspire and educate students in science ...
In October 1978, the committee recommended a site west of Fairfax, and in 1979, the county purchased 183 acres of the site, called the Smith-Carney site, for $4.1 million. Another committee reported on county agency space needs in 1980, and in 1982 a design team and concept were selected.
Website. www .staffordschools .net. Stafford County Public Schools is a Virginia school division that serves the Stafford County Area. Its current superintendent is Thomas Taylor and has 30,086 students currently enrolled in its 17 elementary schools, 8 middle schools and 6 high schools. [1] A 6th high school will be completed by August 2026.
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-three consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research. [1] Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam, [2] and ...
Washington Dulles International Airport (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is an international airport in Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, United States, 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C.