Langham Creek Students Participates in NASA Scholars Program
Langham Creek High School junior Aadil Nathani participated and excelled in the prestigious NASA Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS), which included helping create and design a mission to the moon and Mars.
Nathani qualified through a competitive selection process where he not only needed an expressed interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but also nominated by a state legislator. He was among 800 students across Texas selected for the program.
Scholars selected for the program complete a 16-week interactive, online curriculum during the 2021-2022 school year, with NASA distance-learning modules featuring web-based STEM assignments.
The summer experience with NASA included scholars working virtually in teams, briefings and interaction with NASA experts, virtual tours of facilities at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and applying their newfound knowledge working as a team to plan and design a mission to the moon and Mars.
Langham Creek High School senior Aadil Nathani presents during a virtual proposal in the NASA Texas High School Aerospace Scholars. Participants were grouped into teams to help create and design a mission to the moon and Mars and later presented to an audience | “NASA HAS was an invigorating experience. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to spend months learning and applying earth and space science research,” Nathani said. “I learned not only about myself as I collaborated with my peers, but also about NASA's work as I talked with lead engineers and planned out a mission to Mars. From learning about extravehicular activities on the lunar surface to iteratively designing and programming a helmet and glove for spacesuits, I was exposed to the intricacies of the engineering design process.” |  |
