Staff Reports
Davis Bishop, of Columbus, recently attended the Elite Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The weeklong educational program promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), while training students and with hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and problem solving, according to a news release.
The program designed for trainees who have a particular interest in space exploration. Bishop spent the week training with a team that flew a simulated space mission to the International Space Station, participated in experiments and completed an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk). Bishop and crew returned to earth in time to graduate with honors, the news release said.
