Winners Announced for the NASA Celebration College Essay Competition
Sept. 19, 2019
By Wichita Space Initiative
On Saturday, October 19th, 2019, WSU will host the symposium "Celebrating the Scientific
Legacy of NASA and Apollo". This event, which is funded by a grant from the NASA
Kansas Space Grant Consortium, also features an essay competition that was open to
Kansas college students. The organizers are very pleased to congratulate the winners
of this contest:
First Place: Emma Worthington (Fort Hays State), for her essay "665 Days in Space: The Peggy Whitson
Journey"
Second Place: Courtney Johnson (Kansas State), for her essay "A Glass Ceiling to the Stars is No
Match for Kansas Women"
Third Place: Bryan Cline (Wichita State), for his essay "Project Apollo: A Hero’s Journey"
Both the first and second place winners will read their papers during the symposium.
The event, which is free and open to the public, features talks from a variety of
experts on NASA's science and history, including a keynote lecture from Dr. Roger
D. Launius, NASA's Chief Historian from 1990 to 2002.
