Alexander set for lift-off tospace school

By The Newsroom
Published 7th Feb 2016, 19:00 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2016, 04:24 BST
Competition award winner Alexander Gillanders with Sinead OSullivan, former NASA research scientist and SRC student, and SRC chief executive Brian Doran. INPT05-014Competition award winner Alexander Gillanders with Sinead OSullivan, former NASA research scientist and SRC student, and SRC chief executive Brian Doran. INPT05-014
Competition award winner Alexander Gillanders with Sinead OSullivan, former NASA research scientist and SRC student, and SRC chief executive Brian Doran. INPT05-014
A student from SRC's Armagh campus is set for a space odyssey after winning a two-week placement to the United Space School in Houston, Texas.

Alexander Gillanders was chosen from 13 other applicants from the School of Applied Science and Academic Studies at Southern Regional College.

Applicants were asked to submit a 500-word essay, in which they had to imagine that they worked at NASA Mission Control and design a team of astronauts to travel to Mars in 2032.

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