Sarah Gillis recently returned from a Space-X mission and spent Wednesday with students at her old school in Boulder.
DENVER — A Colorado astronaut is back home, safe and sound, after a historic journey to space in September.
Sarah Gillis made history on that Space-X mission by traveling further from Earth than any other woman in history, and by becoming the first human to play the violin in space.
Now, back on Earth, Sarah returned to her old stomping grounds at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder to inspire a new generation of students with her incredible story.
“I could not have anticipated this big of an adventure when I was a little girl looking up at the stars, so I hope you guys maybe set your dreams a little bigger, because nothing’s impossible,” Gillis said.
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