NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for May 14, 2026

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NASA STEM Engagement Deadline Alert: NASA Fall 2026 Internships The clock is ticking! Don't miss your chance to find your place in space with a NASA internship this fall. NASA offers several opportunities for students to undertake meaningful and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity. Applications for fall 2026 internships are due Friday, May 22. Click here to find available opportunities, frequently asked questions, and application details. And don't miss our 5 Tips to Craft a Standout NASA Internship Application! Online Learning Opportunity Virtual Career Connection: Exploring Skilled Technical Careers in Autonomous Operations at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 26 Event Date: Tuesday, June 2, at 1 p.m. EDT Contact: hq-virtual-engagements@mail.nasa.gov   Join us for an interactive virtual event exploring how technical trades professionals are essential to advancing cutting-edge research and supporting groundbreaking missions.   Get a behind-the-scenes look at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and hear valuable insights from NASA experts who will share their career journeys. The session will include a Q&A for students to engage with the panelists.   Click here for to learn more and register. Are You Up for a Challenge? Hack Club: Stardance Challenge Challenge Dates: June 1 – Sept. 30 Contact: stardance@hackclub.com   NASA and Hack Club invite students ages 13 to 18 to flex their creativity this summer with the Stardance Challenge. Participants can create anything from code and apps to electronics, circuit boards, models, and simulations. Hack Club will offer peer and expert reviews, prizes, and opportunities to show off your work. NASA will provide access to publicly available datasets, mission materials, multimedia, and virtual sessions with subject matter experts who will share space science, engineering, and career insights.   Ready to start brainstorming? Visit the Hack Club: Stardance Challenge website to explore project options, check out prizes, and RSVP to get a reminder when the challenge opens. More to Explore Contact Opportunity: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Proposal Deadline: Friday, May 22 Contact: education@ariss-usa.org   ARISS-USA is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2027. To maximize the events, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed STEM engagement plan. Radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes.   Click here for proposal guidelines and forms. Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun-Earth System in Color   Spark curiosity and creativity with the new “Journey Through the Heliosphere” coloring book. Designed for adults and students in grades 6-12, the downloadable resource includes science facts and coloring pages for ten themes, including the Sun’s magnetic field, solar wind, aurora, eclipses, and how the Sun influences Earth. The book also features a glossary of scientific terms relating to heliophysics and includes a reference chart of solar terms in seven of Alaska’s many Indigenous languages.   Click here to download, learn more about the Sun, and start coloring. Partner Opportunities Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Virtual Planetarium Show Event Date: Saturday, May 16, at 1 p.m. EDT Lunar and Planetary Institute Webinar – Escape Velocity: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Event Date: Tuesday, May 19,  at 3 p.m. EDT Astronomical Society of the Pacific Webinar: Intro to the Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Astronomy Event Date: Wednesday, June 3,  at 7 p.m. EDT Want to subscribe to get this message delivered to your inbox each Thursday? Sign up for the NASA EXPRESS newsletter at https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/nasa-express. Are you looking for NASA STEM materials? Search hundreds of resources at https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/search. Check out the ‘Science for Everyone’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit https://science.nasa.gov/for-everyone. To view the site in Spanish, visit https://ciencia.nasa.gov. Are you looking for more NASA prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing opportunities? 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