Harris Corporation Helps Tallahassee Team Compete in the Florida Astronaut Challenge Finals
February 17 2017 - 10:27AM
Business Wire
A Tallahassee high school team is competing this week in the
finals of the Florida Astronaut Challenge at the Kennedy Space
Center, thanks to their skills and some help from Florida-based
Harris Corporation.
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Trent Walker (left) and Justin Golabek
simulate the landing of a Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center as
part of the Student Astronaut Challenge at the KSC Visitors Center
Feb. 16. The students were part of a team from St. John Paul II
Catholic High School in Tallahassee, Florida, which was sponsored
by Harris Corporation. The team was among 15 finalists to take part
in the high school division of the competition that promotes
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
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Harris is sponsoring the St. John Paul II Catholic High School’s
Aerospace Engineering Club, which is competing among 14 other
Florida schools in four space-themed events Feb. 15-17. The Florida
Astronaut Challenge is an annual event that enables high school
students to show off their Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) skills through team-based challenges,
particularly in aerospace science.
Harris sponsored the team as part of its STEM outreach. To help
foster the next generation of innovators, Harris invests heavily in
time and resources to support STEM education at all levels. Over
the past 10 years, Harris has contributed more than $22 million to
educational institutions in support of STEM-related education, and
employees have volunteered more than 11,000 hours in STEM-related
outreach – impacting 37,000 students.
About Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving
customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing
solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports
government and commercial customers in more than 100 countries and
has approximately $6 billion in annual revenue. The company is
organized into three business segments: Communication Systems,
Space and Intelligence Systems and Electronic Systems. Learn more
at harris.com.
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