Congratulations to the following students whose essays answered the prompt “Why I Want To Be An Astronaut” were selected as winners!

These students have won the opportunity to attend the Astronaut Training Experience (ATX) at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on April 30th.

Lockheed Martin sponsored the essay contest for students in Grades 5-12. Students wrote a 500-word essay focusing on why they wanted to be astronauts. 

David

Amador

9th

Westshore Jr/Sr

Sara

Amador

5th

Freedom 7

Twisha

Bhattacharyya

10th

Edgewood Jr/Sr

Suhanya

Bhattacharyya

6th

WMSS

Jack

Blout

5th

Surfside

Luiz

Coelho

6th

WMSS

Angela

Feliciano

11th

Palm Bay Magnet HS

Noah

Foisy

10th

Viera HS

Alessandra

Giraldo

5th

Gemini

Alex

Howell

5th

Freedom 7

Karson

Klender

5th

Lewis Carroll

Eli

Kuiper

5th

Columbia

Dylan

Manneh

6th

Indialantic

Gwen

Nelson

5th

Audubon

Madalyn

Nice

7th

Johnson

Micaella

Petgrave

5th

Columbia

Kashfi

Priha

6th

Suntree

Rania

Ray

6th

WMSS

Cali

Rush

6th

Williams

Liam

Russel

9th

Palm Bay Magnet HS

Hazel

Sego

5th

Freedom 7

Ayaan

Srivastava

6th

WMSS

Madison

Weber

5th

Viera Elementary

Zi

Zhou

5th

Manatee

Honorable Mention

Samanvi Khot 5th Grade Viera Elementary

Yeimmy Martinez 9th Grade Palm Bay Magnet HS