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Stamford High School student Megan Armstrong was recently named an Honorary Canadian Space Programme Scientist by the Canadian Space Agency. (Shutterstock)
STAMFORD, CT Stamford Public Schools announced this week that Stamford High School senior and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma candidate Megan Armstrong was recently named an Honorary Canadian Space Programme Scientist by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
According to a news release, Armstrong received the honor for her contributions to experiments in the field of space farming, a critical element in the design of a life-support system needed to send humans to other planets.
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While most students relaxed over the summer, Armstrong spent her days tending to more than 30 large tomato plants, while meticulously collecting data for research as part of First The Seed Foundation s Tomatosphere Program, a curriculum program that uses space exploration to teach the skills and processes of scientific experim