
As part of NASA’s NextGen STEM project, the agency hosted an environmentally focused Earth Day briefing on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, inside NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. Participants from left to right include, Messod Bendayan, NASA Communications; Kelly McCarthy, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, Bob Kline, Kennedy’s Environmental Assurance Branch; Spencer Davis, Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems; and Kim King-Wrenn, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

As part of NASA’s NextGen STEM project, students from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, participate in an environmentally focused Earth Day briefing on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, inside NASA News Center’s “bullpen” at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Along with the students participating in person, middle school students from across the country participated virtually by asking questions to the panel to discuss how technology and science coexist with nature at Kennedy.

Students from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, pose for a photo in front of the iconic countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. As part of the agency’s NextGen STEM project, the students joined others from across the country who participated virtually for an environmentally focused Earth Day briefing held inside Kennedy’s news auditorium to discuss how technology and science coexist with nature at the spaceport.

Students from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, pose for a photo with one of the Artemis crew transportation vehicles in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. As part of NASA’s NextGen STEM project, the students joined others from across the country who participated virtually for an environmentally focused Earth Day briefing held inside Kennedy’s news auditorium to discuss how technology and science coexist with nature at the spaceport.

As part of NASA’s NextGen STEM project, students from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, participate in an environmentally focused Earth Day briefing on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, inside the news auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Along with the students participating in person, middle school students from across the country participated virtually to discuss how technology and science coexist with nature at Kennedy with panel participants. The panelists from left to right are Messod Bendayan, NASA Communications; Kelly McCarthy, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, Bob Kline, Kennedy’s Environmental Assurance Branch; Spencer Davis, Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems; Kim King-Wrenn, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.