Dustin Lengning, an eighth-grade math, science, writing and robotics facilitator at the Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School, has been named a 2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Airborne Astronomy Ambassador.  Alongside Castaic High School teacher Cody Kennedy, Lengning is scheduled to fly along the stratosphere in the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) sometime this year– a mission ...

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 ...