Reaching for the stars at Wakefield College

The largest ever rocket launched from UK was on show at Wakefield College last week. The NOVA/Starchaser 4 rocket that stands at 43ft high on its launch pad, was on display at the Colleges Thornes Park Campus.

Pictured are Wakefield College students Fenny Huang, Man Li and Luke Griffiths. Also Penny Lockwood 14-19 project Coordinator and Mark Kebler from team StarChaser. Also pictured are the group of students and lecturers who took part in the day’s activities.

The Starchaser 4 was successfully launched from Morecambe Bay in November 2001. The Starchaser team now hope to further continue their long-term objective of creating and leading the potentially enormous market in commercial space travel.

Penny Lockwood, 14-19 Project co-ordinator for the College, who organised the event said, “To have the rocket visiting Wakefield College was an ideal opportunity for the students to focus on Science and Engineering based subjects through an exciting and unusual medium”.

Students had the opportunity to build their own miniature rockets which they launched on the day. The Starchaser team conducted a number of presentations throughout the day about living in space and displayed the rocket to help raise the profile of Science and Technology based subjects. Students also got to quiz the experts from team Starchaser, asking them questions about the company, its aims and future plans.

Representatives from local universities were also at hand to offer students advice and guidance about higher levels of study.

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