USSRC and Alabama Legislature Team Up to Send Students to Space Camp

Two students from each legislative district to receive Space Camp scholarships

PR Newswire

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 11, 2019

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Middle-school students living in Alabama are eligible to attend a special Space Camp program free of charge. Students ages 12 to 14 may apply for Space Academy for Leading Students in Alabama, or SALSA, a Space Camp program funded by the Alabama legislature. A male and female student in each Alabama legislative district will receive a scholarship to attend SALSA, which promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics education along with leadership skills.

To be eligible for SALSA, students must apply for the scholarship. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center will then forward a notice of application to the members of the Alabama House of Representatives or the Alabama Senate representing the district in which the students reside. Each member will nominate two students to receive a scholarship to attend SALSA, which takes place May 26 through May 31, 2019.

Each scholarship includes tuition, room and board for the Space Academy program. Travel to and from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are not included.

The deadline to apply is Jan. 31. To apply, visit www.spacecamp.fluidreview.com. To learn more, visit www.spacecamp.com/salsa.

Media contact: Pat Ammons, pat.ammons@spacecamp.com; 256-721-5429

About U.S. Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is home to Space Camp®, Space Camp® Robotics, Aviation Challenge® and U.S. Cyber Camp as well as the Apollo 16 capsule, the National Historic Landmark Saturn V rocket and world-class traveling exhibits. USSRC is the Official Visitor Center for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and a showcase for national defense technologies developed at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal.

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