Wolverhampton City Learning Centre (CLC)

Hello everyone,

We are back in Wolverhampton now. It feels a bit weird being back, it seems to be getting dark early and I keep thinking people are driving on the wrong side of the road. The whole trip has been so amazing that it is hard to pick a favourite day or experinace. I thought the astronaut training experinace in the Kennedy Space Centre was one of the best. I loved going on all the simulators particulary the G-force one where you get spun around very fast and then get lifted up so it feels like you are falling very fast. I also found the Mission Control Centre and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston Space Centre incredible. On the last night of the trip we went to Astronaut Scott Kelly’s house for a little party. It was surreal to be amoungt astronauts and rocket scientists. One of the astronauts there was Michael who is the American Record holder for longest time living in space, he had spent over 380 days living and working in space. I had a bit of a problem with my camera and it deleted all my pictures so I haven’t got any to show you.

Before going on this trip I already had a big interest in space and astromony but now it has grown immensely. I now know that this is a field that I wish to go into as a career. I would like to thank ISSET for giving me the chance to experience this once in a life time opportunity and also all the people on the trip for making it so great. Thank you.

Samantha