Location
All workshops are held at Penn State University Park. The campus, located in central Pennsylvania, is accessible by car, bus, and air.
Lodging
Grants from the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium and NASA provide all participants with lodging at The Atherton Hotel in downtown State College, adjacent to the Penn State campus.
For more information see The Atherton Hotel website
Directions
The campus is located in the center of the state, at the intersection of routes 26 and 322, fifteen miles south of Interstate 80. Please visit the Penn State Visitor's Guide for helpful maps, driving directions and distances, airport services, flight and reservation information, local weather, and things to do in State College and the surrounding region. US Airways Express, Northwest Airlink, and United Express serve the State College/University Park Airport, located three miles from the conference site. Rental cars, limousine and taxi services are available at the airport.
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"The professors have been excellent, and the material presented was both intriguing and exciting. I think that the time spent on campus was refreshing and encouraged me to be more creative in the classroom."
CRAIG WELLER, Derry Township School, Harrisburg, PA
The workshops are an outreach program of NASA's Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, the Eberly College of Science, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, NASA Astrobiology Institute, the NSF-funded Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).