Students from St. Ann School, Lawrenceville, had an “alternative” field trip with NASA April 3. In conjunction with the STREAM (Science, Technology,Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Program, students in grades four through eight had the exciting opportunity to Skype with Astronaut Sunita Williams.
Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a veteran of two space missions Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33. She is currently assigned to the cadre of astronauts training to fly the initial test flights for America’s first commercially built spacecraft the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Dragon. She and her crewmates are working closely with the commercial providers to develop their new spacecraft systems, which will eventually provide round-trip crew transportation services to the International Space Station beginning this year.
St. Ann School began its STREAM initiative in 2016, as a way for students to learn firsthand by doing, making, creating, connecting with community, utilizing technology across all subjects and developing the creative process.