Step into Space is a competition for Cardiff schools, open to pupils in years 9, 10, 11 and 12, to compete nationally using ICT skills and the exciting foundation of space science.

The prize is the experience of a lifetime, visiting Johnson and Kennedy Space Centres; meeting astronauts and space scientists, walking alongside the hardware, under the Apollo Saturn V rockets, exploring the facilities and enjoying an experience like no other!

Students must work to investigate key topics of modern space exploration producing reports on their findings using their ICT skills.

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The Step into Space competition for Cardiff schools gave pupils in years 9 -12 the opportunity to compete in an exciting competition using ICT skills and the foundation of space science.

The prize-winning students experienced the trip of a lifetime, visiting Johnson and Kennedy Space Centres. One student said afterwards "I had a fantastic time and it really inspired me to work as hard as I can, so that one day I can have a job that is as interesting as some of the people we met."

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Edge into Space was an exciting competition offering the chance for students to experience the space science through their own projects and win the opportunity to meeting astronauts and working with scientists at NASA's Kennedy and Johnson Space Centres in Florida and Texas.

Teams of students in years 9-13 were eligible to participate from across the United Kingdom. Student teams of two to four people gathered together and came up with an idea for a product, process, object, development or procedure that could be used in space. That's not just rocket science, it's anything to improve life in space, or any kind of work in space that could make life better, here on Earth.

Teams entered through the Edge Into Space web site (www.edgeintospace.com), with over than 6,000 schools participating, and 1,000 teams submitting final competition entries.