Ayrshire College is inviting members of the public to come along to its Kilmarnock Campus to meet the most experienced British-born astronaut in history.
Michael Foale CBE returns to Ayrshire for Mission Discovery Ayrshire 2017 (19-23 June) after the success of last year’s event at the College’s Ayr Campus.
Mission Discovery Ayrshire is a week-long space school funded by the Ayrshire College Foundation, with additional sponsorship from NATS, the Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport and the Ayr Rotary Club.
Hundreds of space enthusiasts arrived in Ayr last summer to meet Michael and hear stories from his time in space with NASA, and the opportunity is being offered to Ayrshire residents again in Kilmarnock on Wednesday 21 June from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
Another exciting public event is set to occur during the week of Mission Discovery Ayrshire 2017.
‘Girls With Grit’ will take place on Monday 19 June at the Kilmarnock Campus, where Sarah Murray, NASA HQs Council Executive / Mission Support and Partnership Councils, will share her story about how passion and perseverance helped her to achieve success.
The ‘Girls With Grit’ event has been organised by Ayrshire Connects, a mentoring network for female STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) and construction students across Ayrshire College.
Free tickets are available for both events on a first-come, first-served basis and should be booked through the College’s Eventbrite pages, which can be found on the Ayrshire College website.
Michael Foale CBE, a veteran of six missions, was recently inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
He is part of the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) team that delivers the Mission Discovery programme to 200 Ayrshire school pupils and college students.
Participants will compete in teams to design a unique and worthwhile space experiment. The winning idea will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will be tested by astronauts.
Last year’s winning team saw their experiment - which looks at the growth of slime mold across various surfaces (rubber/aluminium/velcro/plastic) in microgravity - launch to the ISS last Thursday
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