Achievers

Bishop T.K. Gorman High School Junior Jean Paul Destarac traveled to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last Sunday to participate in a one-week summer internship.

Nominated by Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, he was selected as one of 350 high school juniors from across Texas to be part of High School Aerospace Scholars. Students completed 10 Web-based assignments during the school year.

They will apply what they have learned during the year, which will challenge them to work as part of a team to design a mission to Mars.

The weeklong experience at JSC includes a tour of JSC facilities and briefings by noted NASA employees, including astronauts. These students and teammates will conclude their experience by presenting their proposal at a luncheon this coming Friday for their parents, members of the Texas Legislature,

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Rotary NASA and JSC senior management.

Jean Paul Destarac, at right, traveled to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last Sunday to participate in a one-week summer internship. He is pictured with NASA Space Shuttle Program Director Wayne Hale.
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