Students at Lebanon County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) in Eric Tanager's Industrial Machine Technology class have been tasked with making parts for NASA and the International Space Station (ISS). The LCCTC applied and was accepted to participate through a partnership with the High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (NASA HUNCH) program.

"Our class has been tasked with making parts for handrails that will be used to help astronauts stay stationary while on the ISS," said LCCTC administrative director Glenn Meck. According to the HUNCH program, the handrails can also be used as points of attachment for hardware or tools.

At the completion of the project, a locker signed by all the LCCTC Precision Machine students will be sent to the ISS for use by the astronauts to remember the partnership between the LCCTC and NASA.

LCCTC reported that it is currently the only school in Pennsylvania that is manufacturing flight hardware for NASA.

To learn more about the HUNCH program, visit http://www.nasahunch.com.

The LCCTC is a state-of-the-art technical training facility that houses industry programs, classrooms, and laboratories with full-day, half-day, and evening classes. For more information, call 717-273-8551 or visit http://www.lcctc.edu.