Bill Extends Sale And Use Tax Exemptions To Facilities Designed To Launch And Operate Space Vehicles
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has endorsed California Senate Bill 19, “The Space Flight Sales Tax Exemption Act.” The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Steve Knight, would give sale and use tax exemptions to equipment and materials used to construct facilities designed to launch and operate space vehicles.
CIBER Sensor To Be Launched On A Suborbital Sounding Rocket June 3
When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER) on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between 2300 and 2359 EDT, June 4 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Grants Of Up To $2,500 To Promote After-School And Summer Programs With STEM Focus
NASA's Summer of Innovation project is accepting proposals through Monday, June 10, from organizations that want to offer students science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational experiences this summer. NASA will grant "mini-awards" of as much as $2,500 each to encourage a wide variety of educational partners, such as museums, schools or school districts, and youth organizations to infuse existing summer and after-school student programs with STEM content.
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