Teachers: Apply for Northrop's Weightless Flights
Northrop Grumman Corp. is accepting applications from teachers for the 2008 Weightless Flights of Discovery program, an initiative that places teachers on micro- and zero-gravity flights to test Newton's Laws of Motion and energize students in the formative middle-school years.
Middle-school math and science teachers are welcome to apply for the program at www.northropgrumman.com/teachers.
The Foundation has selected four locations for this year's flights: San Jose (Sept. 18); Florida's Space Coast (Sept. 30); Atlanta (Oct. 7); and the Chicago area (Oct. 21).
Up to 60 teachers in each of the cities will participate. The Foundation chose these locations because of the relatively close connections Northrop Grumman has with these areas, in terms of employee concentration and community involvement.