Engineers Week has Space Expo prize

Published 20 January 2010

You could be in with a chance to win a trip to the European Space Agency as part of this year’s Engineers Week.

engineers-week-competitionEach participant at an Engineers Week event will be given an entry form for the competition.
A winner will be chosen from each event and will receive an exclusive Engineers Week T-shirt.

They will also be entered into the draw to win the prize of a trip to Space Expo, the European Space Agency’s visitors’ centre in the Netherlands.

The prize for four includes travel and two nights’ B&B. The winner and three guests not only get the chance to dress like astronauts but will:

  • Experience the simulated launch of an Ariane rocket
  • Explore the world of satellites with test models of European space missions
  • Understand and perform some of the training astronauts must go through before they leave for a space mission
  • Discover what it was like for the first men on the Moon
  • Experience how astronauts live and work in space

Building on success

Engineers Week 2009 was a tremendous success, with over 19,000 participants and over 80 organisations involved. Engineers Week 2010 starts on Monday 8 February 2010. Activities will take place on the week before the mid-term break, while Saturday 13 February will see Engineers Week’s first Family Day.

Learn more

Read more about the Space Expo competition and Engineers Week events near you

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