Cody Kennedy and Dustin Lengning, two science teachers based in Santa Clarita, are gearing up to board their NASA Flight to the upper stratosphere as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA).  While the exact date and time of their NASA flight remains unknown, the two Santa Clarita science teachers are in the process of gaining the knowledge necessary to explore the upper ...

For the first time in history, NASA has allowed junior high school teachers to board NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) for scientific research, starting with three teachers from the Hart District. Teachers Marisa Heflin from Arroyo Seco, Shelly Turski from La Mesa and Stacy Wade-Robb from Rio Norte are expected to fly as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) on ...

Hart District science teachers recently flew on a NASA mission, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Ravinder Athwal (Bowman), Tom Gavin (West Ranch) and Judy Jennings (Hart) were three of the district’s teachers that experienced the mission on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), which is an aircraft that ...