Highland Terrace Student Experiment Chosen For Space Travel

Aden Helland, Matthew McMillan, Tuguldur Myagmarsuren, Jack Parkinson and Dylan Probizanski's experiment has been selected to participate in Mission Two to the International Space Station this fall through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.

The Highland Terrace Elementary student , Peggy Nordwall, about crystal growth and impurities in microgravity.

"Our question is if crystals grown in microgravity will pick up impurities. This would be important because of the need to fabricate pure, defect-free single crystals for their use as semi-and superconductors."

The Student Spaceflight Experiment is a national educational program undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education.

Shoreline is one of only 11 districts nationwide to be chosen for this program.