Students on a learning trip to space

Bengaluru | Saturday | 29th April, 2017

Summary:

68 students are participating in the space camp, which has been organised by Cindrebay Nurture in collaboration with ISRO. Scientists and researchers from ISRO, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) are sharing their knowledge on ‘Detection of Gravitational Waves’, ‘Search for Habitable Planets’ and other topics. The students got an opportunity to visit the ISRO Satellite Centre and the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network. | Photo Credit: Handout E Mailmore-inFor the past six days, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus has been hosting 68 students from across the country as part of a space camp organised by Cindrebay Nurture, a city-based education enterprise, in collaboration with scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). They were extremely excited to learn about the science behind orbital satellites and space technology..