Focus on STEM
The event was a huge success
- the participants got the
once in a lifetime chance to
create space experiments
with former NASA astronaut
Michael Foale CBE, NASA’s
Assistant Chief of EVA,
Robotics & Crew Systems,
Sarah Murray, and ISSET’s
Chief Scientist Dr Julie
Keeble.
The winning team will now
see their experiment blast
off into space, where it will
be carried out by astronauts
on the International Space
Station. Their experiment
looks at the speed of slime
mould on different materials.
The Mission Discovery
programme took place from
13-17 June at our Ayr campus
and was funded by the
Ayrshire College Foundation.
ISSET director Chris Barber
announced on the final day
that Mission Discovery
Ayrshire 2016 was one of the
best programmes they have
ever run.
Members of the public also
got the chance to hear from
former NASA astronaut
Michael Foale at our ‘Meet
the Astronaut’ night.
The magazine of Ayrshire College
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