Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen pays a visit to our AmbaSat Satellite class at Egglescliffe School, March 2020. Martin Platt, co-founder at AmbaSat commented “The AmbaSat Satellite building course provides UK students with the ultimate hands-on STEM and Space technology building experience and is an ideal path towards a STEM career. Thank you to Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen and Egglescliffe School and Sixth Form College for their excellent support.”
Original post: Egglescliffe Satellite students were treated to a visit from Ben Houchen – Tees Valley Mayor as they begin to code their own AmbaSat Satellite. 4 lucky students will have their own satellite SENT INTO SPACE with Interorbital Systems. Made possible with the excellent support of the Tees Valley CA . Inspiring the next generation of UK Space Agency explorers.
“The first person to step foot on Mars is currently sitting in a classroom” (Dr Andrew Aldrin).
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