{"id":20420,"date":"2018-01-26T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=20420"},"modified":"2018-03-05T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:02:25","slug":"local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Local women experience the fun of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" data-attachment-id=\"20429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,887\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Sue Culpepper, left, and Debbie McKee work the navigation controls during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509040231&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sue Culpepper, left, and Debbie McKee work the navigation controls during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-1024x757.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20429\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-580x429.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-610x451.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-250x185.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113-541x400.jpg 541w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-113.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sue Culpepper, director of the UTC College of Business Student Success Center, left, and Debbie McKee work the navigation controls during a Mission to Mars at the Challenger STEM Learning Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h3>Mars Crew<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sue Culpepper<\/li>\n<li>Debbie McKee<\/li>\n<li>Cindy Sexton<\/li>\n<li>Arline Mann<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Frost<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Heavilon<\/li>\n<li>Jackie Mohney<\/li>\n<li>Judy Spiegel<\/li>\n<li>Vicki Cherry<\/li>\n<li>Sharon McKee<\/li>\n<li>Carol Mutter<\/li>\n<li>Sandra Longer<\/li>\n<li>Gayanne Burns<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Patel<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Prebul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20458\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"20458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/dscf3190\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S4830\/Walmart&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1516890004&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;11.35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCF3190\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20458 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/DSCF3190.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">June Scobee Rodgers, far right, with her daughter, Kathie Scobee Fulhgam, on the far left and Nancy Prebul in the center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sudden release of E. coli, strep and wart virus is handled quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>A decision is made to plant watermelon, garden peas and broccoli for food.<\/p>\n<p>But most importantly, the landing on Mars is smooth and uneventful instead of slamming into the ground like a supersonic bag of wet cement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was intense,\u201d says Sue Culpepper, director of the UTC College of Business Student Success Center.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Culpepper and her 14 crewmates weren\u2019t actually on a mission to Mars but, while inside the nifty-named Mars Transport Vehicle, they treated it with a sense of serious purpose, well, except for the frequent bursts of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>The group, a blend of movers, shakers and well-known women in Chattanooga, headed into pseudo-space on Thursday, Jan. 25, at UTC\u2019s Challenger STEM Learning Center. They were invited by June Scobee Rodgers, the widow of Commander Richard \u201cDick\u201d Scobee, who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion. The 32<sup>nd<\/sup> anniversary of that event is Sunday, Jan. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The simulated Mission to Mars is one of the STEM Learning Center\u2019s big attractions, with visiting groups of elementary- to college-age students, adults, corporate groups and others manning such essential stations as navigation, medical, life support and communications for what, in real-life, would be a two-year mission to swap places with a crew already living on the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers has hosted such events at Challenger centers across the country and internationally, but this was the first time she has held one in UTC\u2019s STEM Learning Center and also the first with only women. She had more in mind than female bonding and fun, she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are all women role models \u2014 bankers, scientists, lawyers, medical doctors \u2014 and it would be terrific if there\u2019s just one child out there who says, \u2018Hey, I can do that,\u2019 and they\u2019re inspired,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cIt happens all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the network of Learning Centers focuses on space exploration and its accompanying technology, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) reaches so much farther than that, says the Perry Storey, executive director of the UTC STEM Learning Center.\u00a0 Helping school-age girls understand that is crucial, he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTEM is not one thing; STEM is so many things. One of the main things we\u2019re about is trying to introduce young women to that fact,\u201d Storey says.<\/p>\n<p>The center\u2019s Mission to Mars doesn\u2019t hold back on its STEM. One station employs engineering to build a probe to land on one of Mars\u2019 two moons; another scientifically weighs samples of rocks and soil from Mars. Navigation utilizes math and measurements to aim the Mars Transport Vehicle in the right direction, and Life Support must quiz and medically examine the rest of the crew to make sure they\u2019re not freaking out.<\/p>\n<p>Vicki Cherry, a financial advisor at Stifel Financial Corp., mans the robotics station and, at first, has a bit of a problem trying to pick up flasks with a robot arm; they tend not to go where she wants. At the end, though, she\u2019s able to manipulate the arms and easily put the flasks in the right places. The task was fun, but a bit difficult at the start, she admits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to read my directions,\u201d she says with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Culpepper and her partner, Debbie McKee of McKee Foods, were manning the navigation console so \u201cwe had to make sure we got there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the acute responsibility for making sure the spacecraft didn\u2019t miss Mars and fly off into the universe, Culpepper says the experience \u201cwas great. I thoroughly enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20426\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" data-attachment-id=\"20426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,811\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cindy Sexton, right, participates in a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509039910&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cindy Sexton, right, participates in a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-580x392.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-610x412.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-250x169.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-592x400.jpg 592w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106-562x380.jpg 562w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-106.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Sexton mans the communication module, talking to both the crew and Mission Control on Earth.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" data-attachment-id=\"20425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Judy Spiegel, left, and Jackie Mohney use the glove box during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509039820&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Judy Spiegel, left, and Jackie Mohney use the glove box during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-1024x725.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20425\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-580x411.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-610x432.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96-565x400.jpg 565w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-96.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judy Spiegel, left, and Jackie Mohney use the sealed glove box to test rock and soil samples from Mars.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20427\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" data-attachment-id=\"20427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,811\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Vicki Cherry works the robot during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509039960&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Vicki Cherry works the robot during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20427\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-580x392.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-610x412.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-250x169.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-592x400.jpg 592w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110-562x380.jpg 562w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-110.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicki Cherry works a robotic arm, moving flasks around.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20430\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" data-attachment-id=\"20430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Vicki Cherry, left, and Sharon McKee, center, talk with artist Nancy Prebul during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509040246&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Vicki Cherry, left, and Sharon McKee, center, talk with artist Nancy Prebul during a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-1024x672.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20430\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-580x381.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-610x401.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-250x164.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-114.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicki Cherry, left, and Sharon McKee, center, talk with Nancy Prebul, who is documenting the Mission to Mars through her art<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20428\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" data-attachment-id=\"20428\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/local-women-experience-fun-science-technology-engineering-math-stem\/challenger-center-18-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,856\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ellen Heavilon, left, and Lisa Vernal operate the probe on a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509040704&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;challenger-center-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"challenger-center-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ellen Heavilon, left, and Lisa Vernal operate the probe on a mission Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Challenger Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-1024x730.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20428\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-580x414.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-610x435.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-250x178.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127-561x400.jpg 561w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/challenger-center-18-127.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen Heavilon, left, and Lisa Frost build a\u00a0 probe to land on Phobos, one of Mars&#8217; two moons.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" data-attachment-id=\"20431\" 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