CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman Area Technology Academy (CATA) students, through NASA’s High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program, machined components for the International Space Station (ISS).
According to NASA HUNCH mentor Bill Gibson, the HUNCH program was started in 2003 and has since expanded to include hundreds of high schools nationwide.
Under the supervision of Precision Machining Instructors Tim White and Jack Capps, the CATA students created specific hardware that is designed to hold cameras on the ISS. The new parts will replace the old, antiquated camera mounts that are currently in use. These new parts will be more versatile and allow for more movement. The students received the parts last November and completed them last month. A total of 20 parts were machined.
This is not the first time that the CATA students have been involved in creating parts for the ISS. Two years ago, the students designed what is referred to as a “top bottom cover panel” for the lockers on the station.
On Tuesday, the students got to sign their names onto a section of a locker that their camera mounts will eventually be attached to. According to Gibson, the launch will most likely take place sometime this fall.
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