- June 10th, 2010 - Dawn Adams - Comments: noneTags: astronaut,
Fintry Primary, LL Online, Mars, NASA, space, Strathclyde
University In collaboration with the Scottish Space School, join
this exclusive opportunity to talk to Nick Patrick and Heather
Paul from NASA using Glow Meet. Nick is an astronaut who has
performed three space walks and lived on the International Space
Station. Heather is a space suit engineer and knows everything
there is to know about making it possible for astronauts to
survive in the void of space. Tune in to the Glow Meet to watch
Nick, Heather and pupils from Fintry Primary School run a
simulation to move a robotic land rover around the surface of
Mars. This will mimic what real astronauts have to do when they
collect samples from the surface of Mars using the robots Spirit
and Opportunity. These rovers have amassed a vast amount of
information and we have learnt huge amounts about the planet
Mars. To learn about Mars before meeting Nick and Heather,
pupils can have a look at the Gl