From NASA to the classroom

From NASA to the classroom

Twelve schools in Knowsley (so far!) will be taking part in a once in a lifetime project on 11 September 2026, enabling pupils to meet with the NASA Engineers behind this year's moon flight.

This free, online event, is funded by the charity, The Royal Commission of 1851.

Pupils will be able to get behind the scenes of the Artemis mission with NASA's Orion spacecraft engineers Howard Hu and Branelle Rodriguez.

The online event is broadcast live from Imperial Space School in London where pupils will have an opportunity to hear about the team behind the Orion spacecraft and its 10-day mission around the Moon. There will also be opportunities for them to ask questions.

Orion flew around the far side of the Moon in a figure-8 pattern. The crew travelled 270,000 miles from Earth - further than any human has travelled since Apollo.

Cllr Sean Donnelly, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said:

"Wow, what an amazing opportunity for our children and young people!

"Hearing from NASA's engineers about their mission and future plans will really help to inspire our pupils who may be budding Astronauts themselves, or already have an interest space, engineering and science.

"It's not often you get an opportunity like this, so I'm delighted that so far, we have 780 pupils from 12 schools in Knowsley who will enjoy this invaluable experience."