Students are eager for a hands on experience with astronaut Sam Durrance who shared during the school visit.

Students at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla., are eager for a “hands-on” experience with astronaut Sam Durrance, who shared his experiences in space during the school visit. Durrance joined Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is touring Florida and Georgia NASA Explorer Schools to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.