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Johnson Space Center's Office of Education hosted 40 high school girls as part of the Women
in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars Program, or WISH.
During the week, The young women worked together to get a real-world look
at what it takes to be a scientist or engineer.
Linda Smith: "WISH meets NASA's educational goals by providing students opportunities
to participate in authentic hands-on activities using NASA's missions."
The young women worked in teams to plan a human mission to Mars.
They designed how to send astronauts to the red planet, sustain life to work
and research there, and return back to earth.
Elizabeth Steele: "I'm learning so much about the different scientific fields,
getting some advice for the college process, and meeting some women in science
who are really inspiring, and learning what they did to get to where they are today."
Kaelyn Badura: "When you think of science and research,
you think of it as very focused and it's very detail oriented.
But, in reality, it's a lot of teamwork and it's a lot of collaboration."
Nora Ojo: "The girls are awesome; they're great.
They're the best of the best across our country, and we're just really glad to have them here
and be able to provide this opportunity for them."