Acclaimed African American astronaut inspires Greene County students

GREENE COUNTY

  • Astronaut Joan Higginbotham, whose time with NASA included a flight on the Space Shuttle Discovery, speaks to Greene County High School students. CONTRIBUTED
    Astronaut Joan Higginbotham, whose time with NASA included a flight on the Space Shuttle Discovery, speaks to Greene County High School students. CONTRIBUTED
  • Oriona Harris, a student who aspires to be a rocket scientist, meets Joan Higginbotham. CONTRIBUTED
    Oriona Harris, a student who aspires to be a rocket scientist, meets Joan Higginbotham. CONTRIBUTED

    If you ever wanted to see a full auditorium of high school kids fall silent, you needed to be at Greene County High School’s presentation from a NASA Astronaut last week.

    Astronaut Joan Higginbotham, a 20-year veteran of NASA, flew on a Space Shuttle Discovery mission and was just the third African American woman to fly on a mission.

    It was a presentation of her life, career and journey into space a…