Hoover resident attends Space Camp

Lottie Pound of Hoover, daughter of Tyson and Andrea Pound, recently attended Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.  She is a 7th grader at Berry Middle School.

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.

This program is specifically designed for trainees who have a particular interest in space exploration. Pound spent the week training with a team that flew a simulated space mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Once aboard the ISS, the crew participated in experiments and successfully completed an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk. Pound and crew returned to earth in time to graduate with honors.

Space Camp operates year-round and uses astronaut training techniques to engage trainees in real-world applications of STEM subjects. Students sleep in quarters designed to resemble the ISS and train in simulators like those used by NASA.

Submitted by Andrea Pound.