Snohomish Middle School student wins NASA’s Power to Explore Writing Challenge

SNOHOMISH—Valley View Middle School student, 8th-grader Maggie Hou, is one of three winners of NASA’s 2024-2025 Explore Writing Challenge – an essay competition for K-12 students on how radioisotope power systems can enable space travel. This year’s essay competition asked students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS), which are like nuclear batteries and […]

Valley View Middle School student winner in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The winners are: “I’m so impressed by the creativity and knowledge of our Power to Explore winners,” said Carl Sandifer II, […]

Valley View Middle School student named finalist in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

SNOHOMISH—Valley View Middle School 8th grade student Maggie Hou has been named one of nine national finalists in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge, a prestigious national writing competition for K-12 students that highlights the role of radioisotopes in powering space exploration. The challenge invited students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS) – often […]