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Weightless Flights of Discovery with 2,000 Ping Pong Balls

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Weightless Flights of Discovery featured on CNN's The Situation Room

Weightless Flights of Discovery featured on CNN's The Situation Room*

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Weightless Flights of Discovery Program in Texas Featured by University of Texas-Pan American

Weightless Flights of Discovery Program in Texas Featured by University of Texas-Pan American

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Sept. 12, 2011 - Karen Stiller of Wilde Lake Middle School in Columbia, Md.; Karen Pumphrey of Samuel Ogle Middle School in Bowie, Md.; Laura Petersen of Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz.; Jocelyn David of William C. March Middle School in Baltimore, Md.; and William Moulden of Samuel Ogle Middle School in Bowie, Md., defy gravity in Washington, D.C., as part of the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program.

Sept. 12, 2011 - Karen Stiller of Wilde Lake Middle School in Columbia, Md.; Karen Pumphrey of Samuel Ogle Middle School in Bowie, Md.; Laura Petersen of Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz.; Jocelyn David of William C. March Middle School in Baltimore, Md.; and William Moulden of Samuel Ogle Middle School in Bowie, Md., defy gravity in Washington, D.C., as part of the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program. | News Release

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In the News:

Sept. 27, 2011 - Photo Release: Thirty Educators Defy Gravity as the 2011 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Program Concludes in Los Angeles Sept. 27, 2011
Photo Release: Thirty Educators Defy Gravity as the 2011 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Program Concludes in Los Angeles
Sept 12, 2011 - Photo Release: Thirty Educators Defy Gravity as the 2011 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Program Kicks Off in Washington, D.C. Sept. 12, 2011
Photo Release: Thirty Educators Defy Gravity as the 2011 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Program Kicks Off in Washington, D.C.
Aug 23, 2011
Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces Weightless Flights of Discovery "Class of 2011" - Los Angeles area
Aug 15, 2011
Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces Weightless Flights of Discovery "Class of 2011" - Washington D.C. area
Photo Release -- Attention Middle School Math and Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Accepting Applications Through May 15, 2011, for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Los Angeles May 10, 2011
Photo Release: Attention Middle School Math and Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Accepting Applications Through May 15, 2011, for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Los Angeles
Photo Release -- Attention Middle School Math and Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Accepting Applications Through May 15, 2011, for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Washington, D.C. May 10, 2011
Photo Release: Attention Middle School Math and Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Accepting Applications Through May 15, 2011, for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2011
Video Release: Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces 2011 Weightless Flights of Discovery Program at National Science Teachers' Association Conference
Gulf Coast Teachers Test Newton's Laws of Motion Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight as Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Continue Sept. 20, 2010
Gulf Coast Teachers Test Newton's Laws of Motion Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight as Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Continue
Thirty Teachers Test Newton's Laws of Motion Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight as Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Continues Sept. 16, 2010
Thirty Teachers Test Newton's Laws of Motion Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight as Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Continues
Thirty Ohio Teachers and 2,000 Ping Pong Balls Test Newton's Laws of Motion

Sept. 14, 2010
Thirty Ohio Teachers and 2,000 Ping Pong Balls Test Newton's Laws of Motion Aboard Zero-Gravity Flight as Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Kicks Off

May 24, 2010
Attention Middle School Math and Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Now Accepting Applications for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Gulfport

29 Educators Defying Gravity for STEM Education April 30, 2010
Photo Release: 2010 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Program Kicks Off its Fifth Anniversary Year in McAllen, Texas With 29 Educators Defying Gravity for STEM Education | English | Español
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Featured at International Space University 14th Annual Symposium

Feb 18, 2010
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Featured at International Space University 14th Annual Symposium

Feb 17, 2010
Northrop Grumman Foundation Now Accepting Teacher Applications for 2010 Weightless Flights of Discovery Program