(From left) From the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Purdue University Calumet: Lenette Belush, Cyndi Etsler, Lisa Austgen, and Jan Olesek.

Hugh Downs (right) and staff members from Houston affiliate News 24: (from left) Mary Estacion, T. J. Aulds, and Tisha Mesa.

Ed Lu (left) and Yuri Malenchenko send a greeting from the International Space Station.

(From left) Jack Kinsey, Becky Schergens, and Dr. Adena Loston, NASA Associate Administrator for Education.

(From left) Dr. Carolyn Farb, recipient of the Challenger Seven award, Alfredo Camino, and Dayna Steele-Justiz, gala event chair.

(From left) Alan Landever, Lorna Onizuka, and Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut.

Mark Wills, country music recording artist.

Lee Greenwood, singer and Challenger Center Council of Advisors member.

(From left) June Scobee Rodgers, Alfredo Camino, Carolyn Farb, Lee Greenwood, and Dayna Steele-Justiz.