NASA Summer of Innovation, Launch and Learn New Mexico Space
Grant Consortium -- Launch and Learn The space program had its
beginnings in New Mexico, the home of Dr. Robert Goddard. The
patented design for the liquid fuel rocket was created in
Roswell, N.M., by Goddard. The first rocket to reach space flew
from White Sands Proving Ground in 1948. Launch and Learn
provided a one-week professional development workshop for 138
teachers. These teachers went back to their home sites and
recruited an average of 24 students each to participate in an
intensive three-to-four-week STEM- (science, technology,
engineering, mathematics) focused summer camp. They reach: -
Five states (N.M., Texas, Colo., Ariz., Maine). - 35 school
districts. Launch and Learn teamed up with New Mexico SEMAA
(Science, Engineering, Math and Aerospace Academy) to bring the
Summer of Innovation into the lives of students. Through the
Launch and Learn Program, N.M. Space Grant and N.M. SEMAA share
the opportunity to launch student experiments in