ARISS student pursues astronaut career

Stephanie Radcliff was a student at Davies County High School (DCHS) in Owensboro, Kentucky when the school experienced an ARISS contact on May 31, 2001.

She had prepared three questions to ask astronaut Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, that day, including one concerning future space explorations.

Four years later, on August 12, 2005, Stephanie returned to her alma mater to speak to the students there. She is now a graduate of Emory-Riddle University, and holds a degree in the aerospace field.

She has taken the first steps toward becoming an astronaut and hopes to be accepted for astronaut training.

Harold Wilson, the coordinating teacher of the DCHS - ARISS contact, remarked that it was the ARISS contact which inspired Stephanie to pursue this career choice.

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