NASA launched three United States Astronauts into space to serve time on the International Space Station on Friday September 23, 2016. To celebrate the event, the Engineering and Air and Space Science students at Middlesboro High School put together a space display. The event involved stations titled “How and What Astronauts Eat,” “What Are Nebulas,” “The Mars Mission,” “The International Space Station,” “How Do Robots and Machines Work In Space,” and “It’s Literally Rocket Science.” Students toured the classroom and interacted with live videos from the international space station, a moon bot, a solar powered and hydrogen powered robot, videos and slides shows created from high definition images from space missions, a flight simulator using Flight Sim-x, as well as looked at wing foils and their performance within the wind tunnel. Students from Middlesboro High School and Middle School took part in the event and interact with our students in the Air & Space and Engineering programs. The event ended with a live broadcast from NASA TV of the launch on Friday afternoon.
