NASA CENTER HOLDS AN ESSAY CONTEST POSTER COMPETITION ALSO SET.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. -- Youngsters can win a NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. flight jacket The flight jacket, or bomber jacket is a garment originally created for pilots, which eventually became part of popular culture and apparel. In the First World War most airplanes did not have an enclosed cockpit, which necessitated a garment that could keep pilots and other prizes in a national history competition for students in grades five through 12 sponsored by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. . NASA Dryden's education office is celebrating the center's 60th anniversary with a poster and essay contest. Participants select a research project, a person who made a significant contribution, or a technical advancement in NASA Dryden's history, then write an essay and design a poster. Sample topics may be found at: www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/index.html. Students in grade five through eight are required to submit a typed essay of between 1,000 and 1,200 words, while submissions from grades nine through 12 should range from 1,500 to 1,750 words. The essays will be judged on creativity, focus and grammar. The project posters may be a painting, drawing, collage collage (kəläzh`, kō–) [Fr.,=pasting], technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface—hence, a work of art in this medium. or other art form. They should be submitted on a 20-by-30-inch foam board Foam board is a type of display board made primarily with foam. It generally consists of a foam core in between two sheets of thin, rigid paper; and is characterized by its light weight, and the ease with which it is scored. . The flat or 3-D artwork will be judged on creativity, neatness, originality and focus on subject. Entries may be delivered to the NASA Aerospace Exploration Gallery, 38256 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Suite A, Palmdale Civic Center on Oct. 24 or 25 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Entries may also be mailed to the NASA Dryden 60th Anniversary Poster Contest, Attn: Kimberly Irizarry, 38256 Sierra Highway, Suite A, Palmdale, CA 93550, and be received by Oct. 25. Preliminary judging will take place on Oct. 26 and 27. Dryden employees will select first, second and third prizes on Oct. 31. First prize winners for each age group will receive a NASA flight jacket, a mahogany model of a NASA aircraft and an autographed photo of a NASA research pilot. Second place winners will receive a NASA flight jacket and autographed photo of a research pilot. Third place prizes are a mahogany model and an autographed photo. For additional information, call Kimberly Irizarry at (661) 276-3563 or log on to www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education. |
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