Ax-2 Pilot John Shoffner Hosts Student Art Competition From Space
During the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) students art will take a center stage with the Space Art Contest, hosted by Ax-2 pilot John Shoffner.
Shoffner is a life-long space enthusiast. At 8-years-old, he formed a young astronauts club with his friends in his hometown of Middlesboro, Kentucky. While space was his first passion, it didn’t make for a widely accepted career, so he took a more traditional route. Despite finding success in the fiber optic telecommunications industry, John’s wild ambition to become an astronaut never escaped him. In fact, he held onto a painting he created at 10 years old of an astronaut floating in space.
Little did he know that painting would later accompany him to the International Space Station (ISS) and inspire a glob