Space Cowboys aid YES camp

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University and its “Space Cowboys” partnered with the Youth Environmental Science (YES) Camp to welcome dozens of students from the Starkville-Oktibbeha County School District to campus. Students got hands-on experience making model planets, drop comets, and to build rockets. The Space Cowboys are from MSU’s Aerospace Engineering Department. They volunteered and assisted students with projects. June 9's session wrapped up a week-long camp with students hitting the launch pad and testing their creations. That hands-on experience “makes it that much more real,” said YES camp instructor Beverly McKinley. “It focuses the attention and especially when it’s down in an outdoor setting (where) it makes it that much easier to learn.” YES camp will host three more summer camps: Outdoor Survival, Nature Art, and Wildlife Exploration. (Source: WCBI 06/09/17)