Two ECISD students, Sophia Patino and Amaya Villanueva, were presented with their original designs for spaceflight mission patches that were flown on the SpaceX CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station in December of 2020 Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. The patches were created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the ISS.
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ECISD Student designed SpaceX mission patches sit framed in commemorative cases just before a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. The patches were created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The patches seen were designed by local students Amaya Villanueva, left, and Sophia Patino, right, and flew on the SpaceX CRS-21 to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
ECISD student Amaya Villanueva’s mission patch sits framed in a commemorative case just before a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. The patch was created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Villanueva’s patch flew with fellow ECISD student Sophia Patino’s patch on the SpaceX CRS-21 to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
ECISD student Sophia Patino’s mission patch sits framed in a commemorative case just before a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. The patch was created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Patino’s patch flew with fellow ECISD student Amaya Villanueva’s patch on the SpaceX CRS-21 to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Chief Innovation officer for ECISD Jason Osborne explains the process behind the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program during a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. ECISD students Sophia Patino and Amaya Villanueva had their artwork chosen by the program to represent mission patches flown on the SpaceX-21-launched SSEP Mission 13 to the International Space Station in early December of 2020. Villanueva is a recent graduate of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Patino is an eighth-grader at Bowie Middle School. Both students’ designs were selected for flight in 2019 but the outbreak of COVID-19 delayed it until the winter of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
ECISD’s Research and Innovation Strategist Kristin Whittenburg, center, presents ECISD students Sophia Patino, left, and Amaya Villanueva with their original artwork that was flown on the SpaceX CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program during a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. Patino’s and Villanueva’s artwork was selected to represent the mission patches for experiments flown to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
A commemorative letter from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program sits on display for ECISD students Sophia Patino and Amaya Villanueva during a presentation Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. Pation and Villanueva both had their artwork chosen by the program to represent mission patches flown on the SpaceX-21-launched SSEP Mission 13 to the International Space Station in early December of 2020. Villanueva is a recent graduate of Odessa Collegiate Academy and Patino is an eighth-grader at Bowie Middle School. Both students’ designs were selected for flight in 2019 but the outbreak of COVID-19 delayed it until the winter of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
From left, Carla Soria and her daughter Sophia Patino pose for a photo with principal of Milam Magnet Elementary Natalie Fitzgerald following a presentation of Patino’s original design of a mission patch that was flown up to the International Space Station in December of 2020 Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. Patino’s patch was created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Patino’s patch flew with fellow ECISD student Amaya Villanueva’s aboard the SpaceX CRS-21 to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
From left, Valerie Villanueva and her daughter Amaya pose for a photo with principal of Odessa Collegiate Academy James Ramage following a presentation of Amaya’s original design of a mission patch that was flown up to the International Space Station in December of 2020 Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. Villanueva’s patch was created as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program which is a STEM education initiative that provides students across a participating community the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Villanueva’s patch flew with fellow ECISD student Sophia Patino’s aboard the SpaceX CRS-21 to the ISS in December of 2020. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Odessa Collegiate Academy principal James Ramage, left, takes a photo of his former student Amaya Villanueva holding her original design of a mission patch that was flown up to the International Space Station in December of 2020 following a presentation of their artwork Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Sophia Patino answers questions about her mission patch design during an interview following a presentation of their original artwork that was flown on the SpaceX CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Amaya Villanueva points to her mission patch during an interview following a presentation of their original artwork that was flown on the SpaceX CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Tuesday afternoon at the ECISD administration building. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
