Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Presents two Georgia Tech Students with $10,000 Scholarship Checks

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August 20, 2005

Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Presents two Georgia Tech Students with $10,000 Scholarship Checks

Kennedy Space Center, FL — He traveled to the moon in 1971 on Apollo 15 and now Col. Al Worden will be traveling to Atlanta, Georgia on August 25 to present two Georgia Tech engineering students, Jarret Lafleur and Isaac Penny with the $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award.

"The Foundation is a way for me and my fellow astronauts to give back to a country who afforded us an extraordinary opportunity," said Worden, who also serves as the Foundation's chairman. "It is vital that America remains a technological leader in the world and that responsibility rests upon these future generations, like these students at Georgia Tech."

Lafleur is a senior in Aerospace Engineering with a 4.0 GPA. He presented a wing morphing design for use on Mars to NASA that apparently represents the first instance of a published full design of such a vehicle for a planet other than earth. He plans to earn a Ph.D. and work in a multidisciplinary group dedicated to space design problems. Penny is a senior in Mechanical Engineering with a 3.87 GPA. He is a fourth generation engineer and plans to develop an air transportation system for third world countries beginning by using his knowledge and skills as a pilot and leader in "ambitious technical projects."

Worden will present the checks to these students after a presentation to the Engineering and Science department students.