Two University of Canterbury students are getting the chance to work alongside NASA's top scientists and engineers. PhD students Felix Goddard and Jack Patterson were awarded New Zealand Space Agency Scholarships in June, and have been placed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in La Cañada in Southern California.
The Jet Propulsion Lab is where robotic, un-crewed spacecraft are built, and for missions like Mars 2020 and the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. The scholarships cover their flights, accommodation and give a daily allowance - funded by the Government - as a way to prepare NZ students for the growing space sector here.
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