Gifts to the Foundation from the Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin and the United Space Alliance have enhanced the experiences of nearly 2,000 high school and university students who have participated in the following NASA Education programs:

• NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program, where students fly with their microgravity experiments aboard NASA's reduced gravity aircraft.

• NASA Means Business Student Competition, where students help NASA and its Space Station partners tell their story to everyday people in new and more effective ways by applying your knowledge of the business world and its tools of advertising, marketing, communication and journalism.

• NASA MarsPort/SpacePort Engineering Design Student Competition, where students conducted engineering trade and design studies in support of projects ranging from Next Generation Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Distribution Systems to Deployable Greenhouse for the surface of Mars.