Scholarship to give students chance to visit NASA

Thursday, 29 November 2018 06:02

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

Island sixth-form students are being given the chance to win a scholarship to go to the NASA United Space School next year.

Winners will head to the space school in Houston, Texas, and meet with NASA officials, scientists and astronauts with other students from around the world.

The scholarship is run by Mansat Group in conjunction with the Department for Education, Sport and Culture and has been in place since 2000.

It's open to all year 12 pupils - to enter, applicants must answer three essay questions and submit them before Noon on Wednesday, January 9.

More information is available from the ManSat website.

www.mansat.org

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