Telescopes for Teachers
a NASA Science Activation Funded Telescope Lending Program
Rachel Huchmala poses with the inital 50 eQuinox 2 telescopes of the Telescopes for Teachers program.
In 2023, Telescopes for Teachers started when funding from NASA’s Science Activation Program allowed us to purchase telescopes to be distributed throughout classrooms in Idaho. I served as the Program Lead from then until August 2025. In my time, we were able to distribute 50 Unistellar eQuinox 2 telescopes, reaching 57 teachers through our programming. I wrote an article about this work in the July 2025 issue of Sky & Telescope Magazine!
Learn more about the current program at boi.st/telescopes.