Capt. Fred Haise (Apollo XIII), and Col. Walt Cunningham (Apollo VII), recently visited with 7th-8th grade students from the all-girl schools, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School of Dallas and Young Women’s Leadership Academy at Bill Arnold of Grand Prairie. The students are part of the Frontiers of Flight Museum’s Young Women’s STEM Leadership Initiative Visit: http://www.flightmuseum.com/initiatives-partnerships/.
The initiative is a collaboration between Dallas ISD’s Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School and Grand Prairie ISD’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy. Both are public all-girl’s schools in the D/FW area which emphasize leadership, as well as STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.
The Frontiers of Flight Museum is conveniently located just north of downtown on Lemmon Avenue at the southeast side of Dallas Love Field Airport, north of Mockingbird Lane. Housed in a modern 100,000- square-foot facility, the Museum provides a focal point to explore the history and progress of aviation, as mankind continues to pursue going higher, faster and farther.
Hours of operation: Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (65+) $8; Youths/Students (3-17) $7 and children under 3 are free. For more information, visit http://www.flightmuseum.com/.
