Manx students return from 'incredible' NASA space school

Saturday, 14 September 2019 07:51

Annual scholarship programme is provided by ManSat Group

Three Manx students have returned from NASA's space school, describing the experience as 'incredible'.

Hannah Midghall from St Ninians, Harry Dunne from Ramsey Grammar and Alexander Brew from QEII spent the summer in Houston, Texas.

The annual scholarship programme is provided by the ManSat Group and is going into its 19th year.

All three students have been presented with certificates of excellence, by the chief executive of ManSat Chris Stott.

They reflected on some of their trip highlights with Alex Wotton:

Alex spoke to Chris Stott about the biggest benefits of the programme:

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