Inspiring Space Art Gallery: Space Foundation Student Contest Winners 2012

Space Swirl

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Raquel Arens won 2nd place in the 6th-8th grade Painting category and attends Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colo. The judges also awarded Raquel the Space Foundation Achievement Award.

Staring at the Night Sky

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Grace Tesar won the grand prize in the PreK-2nd grade category and attends The Classical Academy in Central, Colorado Springs, Colo. Grace also won the first prize for multimedia use in the PreK-2nd grade category.

Solar System

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Meerab Atiq won the grand prize in the 3rd-5th grade category and attends Beaconhouse School System in Lahore, Pakistan. Meerab also won 1st place in the 3rd-5th grade painting category.

Earth from Space

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Syed Nofal Shah Bokhari won the grand prize in the 6th-8th grade category and attends Army Public Schools and College, Kohat, Pakistan. Syed also won 1st place in the 6th-8th grade Painting category.

Check-In at the Space Hotel

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Syed Nofal Shah Bokhari won the grand prize in the 9th-12th grade category and attends Hamdard Public School, Karachi, Pakistan. Syed also won 1st place in the 9th-12th grade multimedia category.

Multicolored Universe

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Delaney Grootwassink won 2nd place in the PreK-2nd Grade multimedia category and attends Safety Harbor Elementary School, Safety Harbor, Fla.

Astronaut's View

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Omer Faroaq won 3rd place in the PreK-2nd Grade multimedia category and attends Roots School System, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Astronaut's First Steps

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Munakib E-Noor won 1st place in the PreK-2nd Grade painting category and attends Roots School System, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Blasting Through Space

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Aylana Wray won 2nd place in the PreK-2nd Grade painting category and attends The Classical Academy in Central, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Alien Meeting

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Alec Falk won 3rd place in the PreK-2nd Grade painting category and attends Prairie Winds Elementary School, Monument, Colo.

Life on Mars?

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Ayesha Iftikhar won 1st place in the PreK-2nd Grade drawing category and attends The City Kindergarten Defense Campus, Karachi, Pakistan.

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