(HNNDaily photo/ Courtesy of NASA/David C. Bowman).
HAMPTON — Area high school students will be recognized for their efforts in helping NASA.
The 2018 high school students United with NASA (HUNCH) to Create Hardware Program Recognition Ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. on May 24 at York High School.
Teams of students from Virginia and North Carolina participated in HUNCH events at NASA Langley in March, which included a culinary and design competition, according to a news release from NASA.
As finalists, their food and engineering projects were sent to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for judging by panels of astronauts, agency researchers, the space station program office and private industry professionals, according to the news release.
In its 15th year, the program aims to develop high school students by highlighting their talents in order to contribute to the missions of NASA.
Students from Phoebus High School in Hampton, New Horizons Woodside and Denbigh Aviation Academy in Newport News participated.
