The Brief
- Eeshan Kallu, a third grade student at Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy, won a district-wide competition for Hillsborough County, blending his passions for science and art.
- Kallu’s winning mission patch design is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) this August.
- The artwork will spend four to six weeks in orbit, then return to Earth.
APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – Eeshan Kallu isn’t your average third grader.
While his classmates at Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy in Apollo Beach are busy building homemade solar stoves to learn about radiant energy, Kallu is preparing for a “field trip” that is literally out of this world.
The backstory:…