Student scientists do Hudson proud at NASA

• Tour of space shuttle assembly building

The team got a tour of the building where the space shuttle is assembled. Submitted photo
• Group photo outside the Kennedy Space Center

Pictured outside the Kennedy Space Center prior to getting the same tour President Barack Obama had are, from left, HMS teacher Chris Deleon and students Katelyn Asmus, Brianna Haag, Maeve Whalen, Amy Larsen and Julia Van Allen. Submitted photo
• Dr. Griffin Lunn, NASA scientist

Dr. Griffin Lunn, in the lab coat, is a NASA scientist working on water purification systems. He told the HMS students that the best team won the challenge and said, “This project and the apparatus you have built outclasses many of the senior engineering design projects that I’ve ever seen…including college senior engineering design projects.” Submitted photo

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For the second time in two years, a group of science students from the Hudson Middle School have been recognized by NASA for their inventive and creative solution to water purification.

While impressed by last year’s second place finish in the nationwide NASA challenge, this year’s all-female team went one better and earned first place honors for their solution to how to recycle and purify water on the moon.

All students of HMS teacher Chris Deleon, the team included eighth-graders Katelyn Asmus, Brianna Haag, Amy Larsen, Julia Van Allen and Maeve Whalen.

As the winners of the challenge, the team not only got gift cards of $100 each but also $500 for the school and earned a four-day trip and the presidential tour of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June.

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