Arianna Morse, an eighth grader at Gorham Middle School, had a dream come true this past January. Morse has a medical condition called Ehlers-Danlos Hyper Mobility, which affects ligaments and muscles in her body. This makes it hard for her joints to stay in the proper position and do their job.

However, she doesn’t let that define her. She loves science and dreams of working as an engineer at NASA. She also hopes to attend the internship program for high school students when her sophomore year rolls around.

Her dream became a little clearer when her wish to visit NASA in Florida to meet engineers and astronauts was granted by Dream Factory Inc. of Maine. The trip included seeing the SPACEX rocket launch on January 30 to put satellites into space for communications.

Morse’s favorite part was meeting Retired Astronaut Mark Lee, who was the first man to jet pack in outer space.

“I will never make it as a NASA astronaut but I can be a NASA engineer,” said Morse. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be at NASA for the launch and to meet an astronaut and two engineers that worked on the Atlantis space shuttle.”

Lori Perez-Morse, Morse’s mother, would like to thank Dream Factory Dream Maker, Chris Chapin, for making this possible.