hi I'm Vince Whitfield with a NASA
scientific and technical information
program NASA understands the importance
of attracting and retaining a student's
interest in the science technology
engineering and mathematics disciplines
by creating missions and programs
specifically to engage stem students the
agency is essentially investing in the
future of the nation's workforce today
we're at Kennedy Space Center which is
well known for its launch vehicle
capabilities but did you know that the
launch services program here at Kennedy
manages an exciting initiative known as
educational launch of nano satellites or
Alana before the initiative student
builders of nano satellites or cube SATs
had to wait for the perfect opportunity
to send their small satellite payloads
into space in some instances the
opportunity never came but since the
inception of the Alana initiative nASA
has been providing a nation students at
the high school and graduate school
levels with sustainable launch
opportunities educational cube sets now
students know that if they build their
CubeSat submit their proposal and are
selected for an Alana mission they will
have the opportunity to fly their
satellite
to find out more about Kennedy's
nanosatellite missions you can find the
conference paper titled alanna
educational launch of nanosatellite
enhances education through spaceflight
on the NASA technical report server
which is one of the world's largest
repositories of aerospace STI and
features records ranging from the NACA
era to today's cutting-edge research
that's all for today and thanks for
watching we'll see you next time
you