FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT HELPS LAUNCH UNIQUE SPACE COMPETITION FOR IRISH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

3rd December 2014 - The 2015 ESERO Ireland - CEIA CanSat Competition was launched today with the help of former NASA astronaut and President and Executive Director for the Centre for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) Greg Johnson. The competition offers secondary school students a unique opportunity to participate in a real space project by building a CanSat – a simul

ation of a satellite which fits into the volume of a soft drinks can.  All of the participating teams will launch their CanSats in regional finals across Ireland next year, with the winner of the national competition going on to compete in the European final in Portugal in June 2015.
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