COC Aerospace and Sciences Team seeks funding for space experiments
“It’s expensive to go to space.” And that, says Teresa Ciardi, faculty advisor of the College of the Canyons Aerospace and Sciences Team, is why the group is seeking to…
“It’s expensive to go to space.” And that, says Teresa Ciardi, faculty advisor of the College of the Canyons Aerospace and Sciences Team, is why the group is seeking to…
By Jose Herrera Signal Staff Writer On a late night with clear skies, Santa Clarita Valley community members looked up toward the sky in search of secrets of the universe. College…
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, is set to host a virtual discussion Friday on NASA’s Mars 2020 Helicopter Ingenuity, for students and teachers in California’s 25th Congressional District. The helicopter…
Launched in 2016, the College of the Canyons Aerospace and Sciences Team — which includes High Altitude Student Payload (HASP) and RockSat-X — continues to secure its reputation of being…
Saugus High School graduate Elizabeth Baca described her senior year as “very eventful, to say the least.” After wildfires threatened her community, followed by a school shooting, then a global…
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center with the goal of being the first to walk on the moon.
https://youtu.be/GAoYbc9mXfA A countdown at Oak Hills Elementary School was the beginning of a space exploration presentation Tuesday afternoon. Students at the elementary school had the opportunity to learn about the…
Government teachers consider themselves fortunate when they take students to Washington, D.C., and art teachers get excited when their class is going to the Getty. But few teachers ever get…
It might sound a little crazy, but one longtime Stevenson Ranch resident travels about 30 miles every day to explore planets, moons and areas of the galaxy that many will…
Teachers in the William S. Hart Union High School District served as NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors this week, which allowed them the chance to interact with scientific experts, board a…
One local College of the Canyons student will receive real-world job experience and networking opportunities at a NASA facility after successfully securing the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Internship. The…
The gifted and talented students of the Sulphur Springs Union School District had the opportunity to act as engineers and launch working model rockets, helicopters and other handcrafted scientific contraptions…
A quarter-million dollar educational grant is allowing students at West Ranch High School to explore careers in astronomy and send experiments to the International Space Station. “It’s called a Specialized…
For more than three decades, Castaic resident Mike Garrett has been one of the driving forces behind some of the most ambitious projects by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, including the…
Source: William S. Hart Union High School District Three more science teachers from the William S. Hart Union High School District in Santa Clarita had the experience of a lifetime…
In many cases, the aerospace industry is still a primarily male-dominated field. As of last year, one-third of NASA’s employees were women, according to an article by SiliconANGLE. With a…
One of the best celestial shows will be visible to the naked eye this weekend as the Orionid meteor shower hits its peak in the early-morning hours of Saturday and…
This week, a team of students from College of the Canyons (COC) launched a scientific balloon and payload into space as part NASA’s High Altitude Student Platform (HASP). The HASP…
Sporting NASA’s orange, blue, yellow and green eclipse glasses, more than 2,000 students at Canyon High School spent their Monday morning watching the eclipse move across Southern California. “I like…
In less than a week, a total solar eclipse will move across the entire length of North America for the first time since 1979. The event’s excitement is causing eager…