National Robotics Competition Arrives in Washington March 30

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March 29, 2012

Dwayne Brown/Ann Marie Trotta 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1726/1601 
dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx / ann.marie.trotta@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-054

NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON MARCH 30



WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to attend an 
international student robotics competition sponsored by NASA and 
other organizations Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. The event, 
which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Walter E. 
Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, in 
Washington. 

The competition, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and 
Technology, or FIRST, provides access to robotics programs to 
encourage young people to investigate careers in the sciences and 
engineering, and possibly become the nation's next generation of 
technical leaders. 

John Grunsfeld, an astrophysicist who flew five times on the space 
shuttle and now serves as NASA's associate administrator for the 
Science Mission Directorate, will speak during the event's opening 
ceremony starting at 8:45 a.m. Friday, March 30. Friday's events run 
until 6:30 p.m. and Saturday's from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

NASA is the largest sponsor of the national FIRST program, supporting 
five regional competition events and more than 280 teams. This 
weekend's competition will include participants from 63 high school 
teams from Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and eight 
other states. 

This year, 45 regional competitions occur across the country, along 
with four international competitions. NASA engineers and scientists 
participate with many of the teams as technical participants and 
mentors to the students. The FIRST Championship competition will be 
held April 27-29 in St. Louis. 

The program was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire an 
appreciation of science and technology in young people, their schools 
and communities. 

For information on the local teams and their activities, visit: 

http://www.dc-first.org 

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit: 

www.nasa.gov/education 

	
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