Students Selected to Attend USA International Space Camp
 
Four senior secondary school students have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the International Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama in July.
 
Excellent academic results and involvement in local astronomy centres and clubs were the reasons these students were selected from the many who applied.
 
Eighty per cent of the student’s total costs will be supported by the Talented School Students Travel Award which is funded by the Ministry of Science & Innovation and administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
 
During their time at the International Space Camp, the New Zealand students will be joined by over 150 like-minded students from 23 different countries. 
 
They will be immersed in a programme that is designed to promote space science and exploration.   Activities will include hands-on astronaut training, as well as learning about the mental, emotional and physical demands astronauts must face. 
 
Leadership training is also included and the students will experience scuba diving and four G’s of lift-off force and actual weightlessness in the space simulator.
 
The four students selected to attend are:
 
Ashlee Parkes, 17, Westlake Girls High School, North Shore, Auckland
Connor Hale, 16, Tawa College, Wellington
Callum Brazier, 16, Paraparaumu College, Kapiti
Darina Khun, 16, Wellington East Girls’ College, Wellington
 
ENDS