MELBOURNE, Fla – Eau Gallie High School students in Brevard County are making news after helping NASA with 250 special wires that are currently being used in space. “It’s called an EV or extravehicular wire,” said William McInnish, the aviation technology teacher at Eau Gallie High School.
At first glance, the bronze-colored wires may seem ordinary but for NASA it’s a big deal because they help during specific missions. [TRENDING: 1 dead in Rolls Royce crash | Mom, boyfriend arrested after toddler drowns | How to get the vaccine in Fla.] “They flew in their top engineer from Houston who worked with the kids for several days; teaching them how to properly wrap, stretch, straighten the wires,” McInnish said.