BRENHAM JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS HELPING TO MAKE FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS SAFER
Brenham Junior High School has been chosen to participate in a select challenge managed by NASA to help make strides in future space exploration.
(courtesy Brenham ISD)
Nineteen 7th and 8th graders in Diana Kohring’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Flow Time class have been invited to participate in NASA’s WEAR Challenge. WEAR challenges middle and high school students to design wearable radiation countermeasures for deep space exploration.
The challenge addresses an authentic, current space exploration challenge to protect Artemis astronauts on deep space missions. Through Artemis, it is expected that the first woman and next man land on the moon by 2024, and sustainable exploration with commercial and international partners will be established by 2028.
Brenham Junior High School’s team is one of 78 from across the nation invited to participate in the challenge, which will task them with designing protective gear and sharing their designs with NASA personnel over the next few weeks. The top designs will be invited to build a prototype based on their design, and travel to NASA’s Langley Research Center to present their prototype to NASA personnel.
These student challenges are managed by the NASA Office of STEM Engagement. The activities help support the agency’s policy of using NASA’s missions and programs to engage and encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.