LCATS Program

05/19/2025

Register now for our FREE STEM Event, SATURDAY MAY 31ST !

The LCATS students will be sharing their projects and educating the community about HUMANITYS PATHWAY TO RETURN TO THE MOON!!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lcats-student-showcase-high-altitude-balloon-launch-tickets-1357722828529?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

WEX Foundation integrates space exploration technology with project-based learning to advance middle and high school STEM education and foster a robust future for the space technology workforce. READ MORE Are We Alone? WEX Graduate Talks Life Among the Stars and More With Top Expert SAN ANTONIO, TX....

03/12/2025

Good Afternoon space community, we would like to invite you join us at an upcoming fundraiser for WEX Foundation's space-STEM programs.

THIS FRIDAY, March 14th , Join us at CHILL-N Nitrogen Ice Cream (https://g.co/kgs/xyzNdaX) for some out-of-this-world ice cream!

All purchases that mention the WEX Foundation will donate 20% to WEX, LCATS, NWAY, and all of our other Space-STEM programs.

TIME: ALL DAY, with a HAPPY HOUR from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Come by, eat some nitrogen ice-cream, and learn about WEX with our student robotic demonstration.

See you there! (Invite your friends!)

02/20/2025

12/17/2024

On May 18th, 2024, the 2023-24 LCATS cohort proposed, designed, and integrated scientific payloads to send to the edge of space aboard two helium-filled weather balloons. Important data was collected and analyzed, and Astroport Space Technologies Planetary Geologist Dr. Donald Hooper worked with the cohort to present their findings in the AGU 2024 Online Poster Sessions. View the poster now via the link here:

https://agu24.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=E3-EA-BD-DB-94-3B-E0-23-FC-CF-A6-EF-B9-BD-8F-63

The payloads included tracking electronics, cameras, radiation detection sensors, and a CanSat (miniature satellite) for temperature, pressure, altitude, and humidity. Flight objectives included performing basic radiation monitoring for student understanding. Detectors on the balloons measured the exposure to radiation throughout the flight and demonstrated the change in the radiation environment at various altitudes. Visit the poster via the AGU Iposter Session link above to learn more about this project now!

11/13/2024

11/01/2024

3...2...1...... Liftoff! The LCATS 2024-25 Cohorts have launched! Now, the LCATS NASA Junior Consultants will spend their year learning about lunar robotics, lunar site preparation, lunar lava tube exploration and mapping, and beneficial sensors for keeping humans alive in the harsh lunar environment.

Stay tuned to see the innovative designs and solutions proposed by the LCATS students, and join us at the end of the year for their High Altitude Balloon Launch and Robotics Showcase.

Thank you to Port San Antonio, Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology, Kelly Heritage Foundation, Capital Factory, and City of San Antonio for being part of our LCATS Liftoff.

NASA's Johnson Space Center

10/17/2024

Applications have been extended to October 23rd! Apply at WEXfoundation.org/lcats/apply

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10/02/2024

The 2024-2025 LCATS Year 1 Cohort is now accepting applications!

The LCATS Cohort is generously sponsored by the Kelly Heritage Foundation alongside Port San Antonio, helping students build their futures in educational and career paths in leading industries such as Aerospace and STEM!

The LCATS environment engages a pipeline of motivated middle and high school students who assist aerospace professionals in solving real-world space exploration technology development challenges through space exploration mission operations, technology development, and habitability system architectures.

Apply now at https://wexfoundation.org/lcats/apply/ , or scan the QR code below.

09/19/2024

During the BigGive (ends tonight at 6pm), all donations to our programs are matched by the BigGive by 150%!

I’m ready to support WEX Foundation on September 18, 2024 during The Big Give. Learn more about WEX Foundation and all the other organizations participating in The Big Give.

08/15/2024

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