Museum adds art to space technology youth program

Students will learn about the influence of art on space exploration when a U.S. Space Walk of Fame educational program expands later this year.

The hands-on educational program for children ages 8 to 13 will be called STEAM Saturdays and begin in August at the Titusville, Florida museum.

In addition to art, there will also be sessions for the original four STEM program subjects of science, technology, engineering and math.

A STEAM patch has been designed for the program by KSC artist Tim Gagnon, who has worked on many mission patches for NASA.

During an upcoming art session, Gagnon will work with students as they design their own mission patch.

Program sessions are held once a month on Saturday. Planning for the next series is underway.