Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-84

§2 FINDINGS.

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Aeronautics and Space Research and Education › Chapter CHAPTER 409— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 2

Last updated Apr 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress recognizes three NASA programs that connect young people with real STEM role models. NASA GIRLS and NASA BOYS pair students anywhere in the country with NASA mentors using commercial video chat so they can talk with engineers, scientists, and technologists. Aspire to Inspire (A2I) features early‑career women at NASA sharing their jobs and STEM career paths with girls. The SISTER program at Goddard Space Flight Center gives female middle school students a chance to meet and explore careers with women engineers, mathematicians, scientists, technicians, and researchers.

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Title 51, §2

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“The Congress finds that—

“(1)NASA GIRLS and NASA BOYS are virtual mentoring programs using commercially available video chat programs to pair National Aeronautics and Space Administration mentors with young students anywhere in the country. NASA GIRLS and NASA BOYS give young students the opportunity to interact and learn from real engineers, scientists, and technologists.

“(2)The Aspire to Inspire (A2I) program engages young girls to present science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career opportunities through the real lives and jobs of early career women at NASA.

“(3)The Summer Institute in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Research (SISTER) program at the Goddard Space Flight Center is designed to increase awareness of, and provide an opportunity for, female middle school students to be exposed to and explore nontraditional career fields with Goddard Space Flight Center women engineers, mathematicians, scientists, technicians, and researchers.

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51 U.S.C. § 2

Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Apr 22, 2026

Release point: 119-84