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Orbital ATK to Hold STEM Education Program for High School Students


TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2016 — Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will host a three-day program on space exploration in an effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics to high school students, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday.

Higher Orbits’s Go For Launch! event will will be held at Orbital ATK’s Dulles headquarters and will include talks from Retired Astronaut Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK’s space systems group, Don Thomas, former International Space Station flight controller and Astronaut Instructor Michelle Lucas,  Loudon Now reported Thursday.

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