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Kids cut out a template for a NASA straw rocket after a presentation by Jarrod Bales from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at ImagineIF Library in Kalispell on Friday, July 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
July 26, 2024
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July 27, 2024 midnight
NASA educator visits Flathead County Library to inspire next generation of scientists
It was a packed room with some patrons overflowing into the hallway outside of the meeting room. Jarrod Bales travels across the country to “prepare NASA’s future workforce,”