Onizuka Space Science Day 2022
Hundreds of students in fifth-12th grade visited El Camino on March 12 for the college's annual Onizuka Space Science Day. NASA astronaut Michael R. Barratt, M.D. answered questions following an informative keynote address. Students participated in classroom presentations, hands-on experiments, and demonstrations led by El Camino College professors and students as well as guests from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), The United States Space Force, and The Columbia Memorial Space Center. The free event was open to the public and sponsored by ECC, the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Committee, and American Honda Motor Company.