McCauley's students got to work creating art that could be launched to the International Space Station. "Then here there's the flag and the astronaut," 6th grader Sofiia Mostiuk said of her drawing.

"I hope to one day be the astronaut who will plant the UAE flag on the moon," said Noora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati female astronaut, during her talk with students at the American Academy for ...