I asked Mission Discovery to provide a blog outlining the wonderful experience that awaits these young people, and they kindly sent me this:
"ScienceGrrl is to support a team of four girls and two boys at next year’s Mission Discovery
at one of the world’s top 30 universities, King’s College in
London. Mission Discovery will enable young people to work with and
be accompanied by former NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander
Ken Ham, former Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre Jay
Honeycutt, Lead NASA Astronaut Trainer Michelle Ham and a range of
NASA and biomedical scientists. The Mission Discovery programme is
organised by the International Space School Educational Trust.
(www.isset.org)
During
the week-long programme, the young people will work in teams to come
up with an idea to be carried out in space. The best idea will be
selected, built by ISSET and launched to the International Space
Station (ISS). The winning experiment from last year’s programme is
an investigation on the effectiveness of antibiotics in space, which
will be carried out on the ISS in April and May 2013.
Fantastic
role models: A Presentation from Lead NASA Astronaut Trainer,
Michelle Ham
It is great for us to support Mission Discovery as it allows young people to develop a range of skills such as NASA leadership and team building, how to be creative, encourages them to fulfil their dreams and ambitions and teaches them how space exploration benefits the earth. The programme also highlights the environment of space, the experience of being in space, what makes a great experiment and much more. The whole programme is orientated to inculcate the NASA “you can do it” spirit.
Girls
have done remarkably well in the Mission Discovery programmes. The
winning team in last year’s programme included boys and girls from
Morpeth School in Tower Hamlets, Gumley House Convent School in
Middlesex and Hampton School, also in Middlesex. Whilst the top prize
at the first Mission Discovery at Imperial College in London went to
the all girl team pictured below.
The
programme has amazingly received 100% positive feedback. Here are
some of the comments we’ve received:
Students:
“It
was great to learn from all those experienced people, and it was a
nice surprise that our experiment won…thanks for an amazing
experience!!” Emily Yeomans
“Working
with all the experts was so inspirational and such a unique
experience - nothing else even comes close” Serena
Yuen, age 17
“The
week was simply incredible, I learnt a lot whilst enjoying it at the
same time. Thank you to everyone involved.” Sara
Rasul, age 14
Leaders:
“Mission
Discovery was, by far, the most comprehensive, interesting, and
educational endeavour I have been involved with.”
Mike
McCulley - Former NASA Astronaut and President of United Space
Alliance.
“I
really wish there had been a programme like this for me to attend
when I was in high school.”
Michelle
Ham - NASA Lead Astronaut Trainer
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