Edgerton goes to NASA launch

Aurora students join Students to Launch program

  • Six students were selected by the Edgerton to attend the launch of the GOES-U satellite at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Posing underneath the crawler, a vehcile used to move rockets to the launchpad, are from left: Edgerton educator Deb Miller, students Bridget Kavan of Broken Bow, Annika Spielberg of Minden, Joey Ballas of Aurora, Alex Taylor of Auburn, Ryan McCalsun of Broken Bow and Shawn Morris of Aurora.
    Six students were selected by the Edgerton to attend the launch of the GOES-U satellite at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Posing underneath the crawler, a vehcile used to move rockets to the launchpad, are from left: Edgerton educator Deb Miller, students Bridget Kavan of Broken Bow, Annika Spielberg of Minden, Joey Ballas of Aurora, Alex Taylor of Auburn, Ryan McCalsun of Broken Bow and Shawn Morris of Aurora.
    The sky’s the limit to what can be learned from space. At the launch of the GOES-U satellite on June 25, two students from Aurora were able to be a part of NASA’s latest step towards new discoveries.Incoming freshmen Joey Ballas and Shawn Morris have been highly-involved students in several programs provided by the Edgerton Explorit Center.“I’ve been involved in other Edgerton c...

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