School students dreaming about trekking to the stars will now get a chance to launch a rocket. ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thumba, is offering selected school students with an opportunity to launch model water rockets as part of the upcoming World Space Week (WSW) celebrations in October.
The event will be held at Central Stadium on October 7 from 9 am to 1.30 pm, VSSC officials said. ‘’The event is being organised to give hands-on experience to school children in the assembly and launch of water rockets. Kits along with instruction manuals will be supplied and the launching of water rockets by school children will be done under the supervision and guidance of VSSC personnel,’’ they said. So what exactly is a water rocket? In a model water rocket, water is thrust backwards using compressed gas to propel the rocket upwards.
The World Space Week, marking the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, is being celebrated this year from October 4 to 10. The VSSC has announced a number of programmes to mark the celebrations, including interactions between school students and senior space scientists and viewing of a sounding rocket launch. Essay and painting contests and quiz programmes are also planned.
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