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Mission Discovery

MELBOURNE, 24-28 SEPTEMBER 2018

LATITUDE GROUP TRAVEL PRESENTS ISSET’S MISSION DISCOVERY

5 DAY SPACE & STEM STUDENT PROGRAM
MELBOURNE 2018

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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ORDINARY KIDS TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY

  • Learn from a NASA astronaut, NASA leaders and expert scientists to launch your ideas into space!
  • In teams, take on the role of research scientists and design a science experiment to be conducted in space
  • The overall winning team’s experiment, as judged by the NASA panel, will be launched to the International Space Station and conducted by astronauts on board!
  • This is a full immersion in Space and STEAM – with plenty of hands-on activities
  • Develop leadership, teamwork and public speaking skills
  • Learn about a range of exciting Space and Science career paths
Melbourne Program

THE MELBOURNE PROGRAM’S WINNING EXPERIMENT WILL BE
CONDUCTED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The Melbourne Team

Steve Swanson

NASA Astronaut & ISS Commander

Steve Swanson

NASA Astronaut & ISS Commander

Steve Swanson is a NASA astronaut and an engineer. Steve has flown on two Space Shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119, and has been the Commander of the International Space Station, which involved launch and landing in the Russian Soyuz capsule. Steve has also served as a CAPCOM for ISS and Space Shuttle missions. He has logged over 6 months in space, travelled 83 million miles and completed 4 spacewalks. Steve has been awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.

Dr Julie Keeble, King’s College London

Lecturer of Pharmacology

Dr Julie Keeble, King’s College London

Lecturer of Pharmacology

Julie is a lecturer in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at King’s and is a jointly affiliated with of the Centre for Human & Aerospace Physiological Sciences. Her research focuses on the role of sensory nerves, pain, inflammation and thermoregulation. Julie is also ISSET’s Chief Scientist and is responsible for ensuring that all winning Mission Discovery experiments are launched to the International Space Station.

Sarah Murray

NASA’s Deputy of Orion Vehicle Systems Performance and Analysis

Sarah Murray

NASA’s Deputy of Orion Vehicle Systems Performance and Analysis

Sarah is in the Orion Vehicle Integration Office which is responsible for integrating all the vehicles: the Orion, the European Service Module being built in Germany, the abort system being built in Virginia which all sits on top of the rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) being built in Alabama. She has served on NASA’s Mission Support Council as well as Assistant Division Chief for EVA, Robotics and Crew Systems where she was responsible for the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Space Walking training facility. She has held roles in Astronaut Training and Mission Control. She has also been Deputy Chief of Space Flight Training Management where she was the Chair of the International Training Control Board, responsible for training astronauts and cosmonauts.

Chris Barber

Founder & Director of ISSET

Chris Barber

Founder & Director of ISSET

Chris founded ISSET in 1998 with the aim of inculcating in young people the NASA ‘you can do it’ spirit. Chris has a long record of school leadership and transformation. Prior to his work in education he worked in finance in the City of London as an insolvency loss underwriter and corporate credit management specialist. His school leadership includes being deputy head teacher in two large high schools. In his last school he was instrumental in taking the school from below average to be the most successful school in England and Wales’ at A level and in trebling the schools GSCE results. In that post Chris raised over £7 million to rebuild the school buildings. Since founding ISSET Chris has worked with space centres, schools and young people in the UK, USA, Norway, India and Australia.

5 DAY MISSION DISCOVERY ITINERARY

  • NASA team building – NASA presentation
  • Mission Patch Team Challenge
  • The Journey to Mars – NASA presentation
  • Mars Lander Team Challenge
  • The Best Science Experiment – NASA presentation
  • Becoming an Astronaut and The Story of a Space Mission – NASA presentation
  • Headline Story Team Challenge
  • How to design a space experiment – NASA presentation
  • Presentation from a guest university professor or lecturer
  • Budgeting and Planning Skills – NASA presentation
  • The International Space Station Environment, Experiments and An Expedition
  • Work on experiments
  • Space Experiments – NASA presentation
  • Improve Your Presentation Skills – NASA presentation
  • Working on experiments and presentation
  • The Earth From Space – NASA presentation
  • Presentation preparation
  • First round presentations
  • Finalists selected
  • Final presentations
  • Winners announced

* Itinerary subject to change

MISSION DETAILS

WORK WITH A NASA ASTRONAUT, NASA LEADERS AND SPACE SCIENTISTS

In teams of six, take on the role of research scientists and design an experiment to be conducted in space

  • Teachers/Science and Engineering students will mentor the teams throughout the Program
  • The overall winning team, as judged by the NASA Panel, has their experiment built and carried out on the International Space Station
  • The program is open to current years 7 – 12 students. Programs can equally be developed for primary students.

RATES FOR 5 DAY STEM TRAINING PROGRAM 

Individual students
$771 + GST per student
School groups with 20+ participants
$739 + GST per student
School groups with 50+ participants
$699 + GST per student
Teachers are encouraged to attend with their students at no cost

MELBOURNE MISSION DETAILS

Dates: The program will run from 24th-28th September 2018. (Please note that although 28th September is a public holiday, the program will still run that day)

Times: 9:30am to 4.30pm daily (registration at 8.30am on the Monday. Arrival by 9.15 other days)

Location: The University of Melbourne, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Carrillo Gantner Theatre (Room B02), 325/761 Swanston St, Parkville VIC

Program subsidies are available for eligible schools and students.
Terms & conditions apply.

Any questions? Call us on 03 9646 4200 or email [email protected]

MEET YOUR HOST

WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

It starts with curiosity. Do you want to discover the mysteries of the Universe? So do we! We were part of the team that confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, and we helped create the instruments that identified the elusive Higgs Boson.

The future is full of surprises. Join us in our discovery. The University of Melbourne’s beautiful and historic Parkville campus is located in a vibrant community on the edge of Melbourne’s central business district. Our Bachelor of Science allows you to explore your interest in STEM. You can specialise in one of 40 areas, including physics, mathematics and statistics, engineering and climatology.

Have a look around while you’re here. Hopefully you’ll like the place as much as we do.

science.unimelb.edu.au

BOOKINGS

MISSION DISCOVERY MELBOURNE

24-28 SEPTEMBER 2018
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

SCHOOL BOOKINGS

If you wish to make a group booking for your students, allowing parents to benefit from group price reductions, please download the school group booking form and return the documents to [email protected]

The button below will download a .zip file to your computer containing the School Booking Forms, Parent Permission/Medical Forms, the full program and other resources

School Group Booking Forms

INDIVIDUAL BOOKINGS

Please use our secure individual booking form below.

Individual Booking Form