Students reach for the stars with visit to space school
July 23, 2003
GEORGIA Campbell and Thomas Troth blasted off to the International Space School this week.
The 17-year- olds from Penarth won the chance to do what few had done before – to live and work with Nasa’s astronauts and scientists – in the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.
Their mission is to try to develop a simulated manned mission to Mars. The pupils from Stanwell Comprehensive are among a group of more than 30 students from 17 countries, selected to take part in the annual summer school.
It is hosted jointly by the University of Houston, Clear Lake and the Johnson Space Centre.