NEW YORK - Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and the Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation are partnering to support and encourages scout councils and troops, with amateur rocket activities, an opportunity to compete in the American Rocketry Challenge. With additional support from the National Association of Rocketry and Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) middle and high school Girl Scouts will have access to meaningful skill-building experiences and gain insight into potential career paths. Through the partnership, Girl Scouts will strengthen STEM skills and techniques needed to build rockets, work on teams, and problem solve that could lead to the next generation of female leaders in the aerospace industry and the broader STEM workforce. Sport rocketry is aerospace engineering on a smaller scale. It began as an educational hobby back in 1957. With young women being underrepresented in aerospace and STEM careers, GSUSA and the Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation are committing to ensure girls across the nation are able to explore these innovative interest areas. (Source: American Rocketry Challenge 10/28/21) MISSISSIPPI NOTE: Aerojet Rocketdyne has a facility located at the Stennis (Miss.) Space Center. Girl Scouts, the Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation, and Aerospace Industries Association Unite to Engage More Girls in Model and Competitive Rocketry | The American Rocketry Challenge (rocketcontest.org)
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