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2025: DASEF’s Environmental Outpost

The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation’s Environmental Outpost is ready to present our 2024 Explorations! Eyes on the Skies will resume soon. The Outpost is located at 140 Dinosaur Drive, Smyrna, Delaware 19977, just two minutes from Exit 114 on DE Route 1. To schedule your family, call (302) 834-1978 or the DASEF Outpost at (302) 659-5003 or email our Public Program Scheduler Lynne B at LynneB@dasef.org. With some exceptions, cost per attendee will be $7.00 for the Explorations programs, $5.00 for the Eyes programs, and $5.00 for Family Day Events.

DASEF’s Online Early Holiday Auction in December was well attended and a BIG Success! Thanks to the organizers and to all who joined us!

FYI: The Delaware Discovery Center is Coming Soon!

Jurassic-Sized Tyrone the T-Rex will be there to welcome you Soon.

4/5/2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Exploration: Birds
See the Flyer Here!.
4/12/2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM STEAM Symposium: University of Delaware
See the Flyer Here!
8/16/2025, Noon – 5:00 PM Planet Earth & Beyond Family Day
Please Check Back for Flyer.




Announcing Free Summer Academy Busing From Newark!

The Delaware Aerospace Academy is now offering Free Bus Transportation to and from Newark to Smyrna for the Summer Day Academies the week of June 23-27.

A bus will stop at the University of Delaware Clayton Hall Parking Lot at 8:00 AM and transport Cadets, Pilots, and Co-Pilots to the Delaware Discovery Center in Big Oak Park, Smyrna, returning to Clayton Hall at 5:00 PM. Free offer is limited to the first 45 Applicants.

If interested in bus transportation, please contact Lynne Bloom at LynneB@dasef.org or call 302-834-1978.

Register Here: 2025 Applications Are Available Here!




Do More 24 Delaware 2025

Delaware Discovery Center

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Wisdom Begins with Wonder | Do More 24 Delaware 2025

Donations are accepted beginning March 6th, 2025 at 6:00 PM.

Support the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) and its mission of serving schools, teachers, and communities in Delaware. We are centrally located, making us easily accessible to all 3 counties. We have graduated over 8,500 children from the academy in the last 36 years and provided STEM programs and events for over 665,000 students, teachers, and families.

We are requesting donations to assist us in providing Academy scholarships, expanding our STEM offerings, and for exhibits in the Delaware Discovery Center.




2025 Delaware Aerospace Academy Dates

2025 Applications Are Available Here!

Destination Exploration Held at the DASEF Outpost in Smyrna, June 16-20 2025, from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Daily.
Day Academy Held at the Delaware Discovery Center in Smyrna, June 23-27 2025, from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Daily. AM/PM Before & After Care is available.
Overnight Academy Held at the University of Delaware, July 6-11, 2025.

 

For more information, e-mail LynneB@dasef.org.



We are proud to announce that DASEF is Celebrating 35 Years of Excellence in Delaware Schools and Communities!!!



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