Photo Courtesy of the Wiregrass Math and Science Consortium

During a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Space Center Houston, members of Troy University’s Wiregrass Math and Science Consortium pose for a photo with the crew of shuttle mission STS-120. The astronauts are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in August. Pictured (from left) are Paolo Nespoli, European Space Agency mission specialist; Sandy Armstrong, Wiregrass Math and Science Consortium co-director; Clayton Anderson, NASA mission specialist/Expedition 15 flight engineer; Sandy Sanders, Headland Elementary teacher; Stephanie Wilson, NASA mission specialist; Pamela Melroy, NASA commander; George Zamka, NASA pilot; Diane Watson, Webb Elementary teacher; Doug Wheelock, NASA mission specialist; Renee Merritt, Wicksburg Elementary teacher; and Scott Parazynski, NASA mission specialist.  

Teacher Renee Merritt of Wicksburg Elementary meets with Mission Specialist Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency during a recent visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston. Merritt and members of Troy University’s Wiregrass Math and Science Consortium were given the rare opportunity to watch Nespoli and several NASA astronauts train for an upcoming space mission.