08/26/2026
Congrats to the EMP students Aiden Elswick and Kricket Young who won 1st Place in the national NASA HUNCH Student Video Challenge in May.
Their winning project was praised for its creative storytelling showcasing NASA’s Gateway, a future space station orbiting the moon. The college received a plaque from NASA that includes a mission patch that actually traveled on the International Space Station! (Pictured above with them)
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The plaque reads: “On behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, I am pleased to certify that these Items were flown in the OFK to the International Space Station aboard the Space-X9 flight, July 20, 2016, through August 26, 2016.
Video Challenge Winner! Congratulations to the 2025-2026 winner in the Post Secondary Category on the theme of Gateway to the Cosmos! Sponsored in collaboration with Exploration - Moon to Mars Program Office, NASA High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) Program and the Association for Career and Technical Education in honor of Career and Technical Education Month* Thank you for helping us inspire the world”