ALT Image Description: Tara M. at Millbrook Marsh in State College, PA examining the surrounding vegetation

ALT Image Description: Ben W. smiling, sitting at a computer station, completing research project.

ALT Image Description: Black and white professional headshot of Mackenna L.

ALT Image Description: 1) Ben with fellow researchers - A NASA engineer (left) and Penn State researchers (right) working on the WRXR payload prior to launch. Credit: NASA. 2) Penn State research team after the WRXR launch from Kwajalein Atoll. Credit: NASA

ALT Image Description, Clockwise from top left: 1) Matthew Gross obtaining machining experience on the shop floor at Moog. 2) NASA’s Chief Scientist, James L. Green, came to Moog Space and Defense to give a presentation on the future of space exploration. I was fortunate enough to meet him and have a brief, informative conversation following his presentation. 3) Matthew standing outside with airplane behind him. 4) Matthew Gross dressed out in the “bunny suit” to work on space hardware that requires a sterile environment in the clean room.

ALT Sam Kratman, a sophomore, presenting her poster of looking for ultra conserved elements of Symbiodiniaceae genomes. A large phylogenetic tree is shown.

ALT Image Description: Text reads, "Mid-Atlantic Region. NASA Space Grant." The photo is a river running through a forest with clouds low in the sky.