The Astronaut Al Worden "Endeavour" Scholarship is an nation-to-nation education initiative to encourage young people to pursue careers as engineers and explorers.
Named for Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Col. Al Worden, USAF-Ret. and his spacecraft, the Endeavour Scholarship pays all expenses for a week-long, hands-on astronaut training experience at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s renowned Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. It is administered by Kallman Worldwide as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and is funded by proceeds from every Kallman USA Partnership Pavilion at leading aerospace and defense exhibitions around the world, plus sponsors, donors and partners.
For more than 30 years, Kallman Worldwide has addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) head-on with meaningful advocacy and outreach programs on virtually every continent. From Chile to Dubai, Australia to Kuala Lumpur, we appreciate that international business is built on the same trust that leads to relationships and lasting friendships. Kallman’s CSR activities such as the Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship are one way we support our global friends and demonstrate our sincere desire to make the world a better place.
THE MISSION BEGINS
As one of only 24 people to have flown from Earth to the Moon and back, Al Worden is a role model for career engineers.
In the decades following his historic 1971 flight, he has applied his business acumen, technical talents and passion for innovation to a wide range of interests in industry, academia and public service. In particular, he is an active advocate for the future engineering workforce — in all disciplines — and the communities in which they live and work around the world.
In 2013, Kallman Worldwide and Col. Worden embarked on a global goodwill mission to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education as the foundation for careers in exploration.
Capitalizing on Kallman's connection to the world’s most important aerospace and defense events, Worden has effectively served as an “ambassador” for U.S. industry and an advocate for the next generation of engineers. In addition to appearances at shows on-site, Worden visited local schools and universities to talk with students of all ages, sharing his “STEM to Space” life story to inspire theirs.
2015
The genesis of this initiative can be traced to the 2015 “Salon du Bourget” and Al Worden’s first collaboration with U.S. international trade show organizer Kallman Worldwide at the Paris Air Show in June 2015. Worden headlined the USA Partnership Pavilion “Public Weekend” to tell the story of his mission. His presentations attracted hundreds of aviation and space enthusiasts — young and old — and a new Kallman corporate social responsibility program was launched.
2017
While on his first trip to Dubai, Al visited students across the UAE to promote STEM education, as well as attending both the Dubai Air Show and ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi. At the UAE Space Agency Pavilion, he also met “future UAE astronaut” Alia Al Mansoori (left), whose “Genes in Space” winning experiment flew on the International Space Station, and Sheikha Al Maskari (right) Chief Innovation Officer of the UAE Space Agency.
2019
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Worden, along with fellow Apollo alumni Walt Cunningham (Apollo 7) and Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), joined the USA Partnership Pavilion as the "Mission Crew" for the Paris Air Show 2019. They even hosted a special luncheon for the students participating in the American Rocketry Challenge that week.
THE MISSION CONTINUES
Informed now by these experiences and heartened by the relationships Kallman and Worden have cultivated around the world together, the Astronaut Al Worden “Endeavour” Scholarship passes the torch to help light the way for students from international airshow communities to pursue their dreams and contribute more purposefully to man’s future on Earth and in the universe.
The stars who will fly us to Mars
Scholarship recipients will be chosen by our international partners and recognized at major international airshows including the Australian International Airshow (Avalon), Bahrain Airshow, Dubai Airshow, Farnborough International Airshow, the Chilean Air Show (FIDAE), Japan Aerospace, MSPO, Paris Air Show and the Singapore Airshow.
Participating Countries
United Arab Emirates
Dubai AirShow 2019
Singapore
Singapore AirShow 2020
Chile
FIDAE 2020
United Kingdom
farnborough Airshow 2020
Poland
MSPO 2020
Bahrain
Bahrain Int'l Airshow 2020
Australia
avalon 2021
Japan
Japan Aerospace 2021
France
Paris Air Show 2021