Tag: challenger
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Former ISS astronaut and educator Barbara Morgan talks space education in Colorado Springs
Former NASA astronaut and Teacher In Space Barbara Morgan told educators at the Space Symposium last week that increasing the time, resources and creativity given to science education is key to building the next generation of astronauts. “If we didn’t have high quality teachers and students in great classrooms getting high quality education, none of…
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AFA to rename building after ’64 grad, NASA astronaut
The Air Force Academy plans to honor 1964 graduate and astronaut Frederick Gregory by renaming a building in his honor. The Consolidated Education and Training Facility — which houses astronautical and civil engineering facilities and laboratories aligned with the chemistry and biology departments — will be renamed Gregory Hall later this year. The new name honors the…