Evaluation

I’m an Astronaut, Get me out of here was funded as part of the Principia Mission Education and Outreach Scheme. Four different zones (Training, Launch, Orbit and Touchdown) were run between October 2015 and June 2016 alongside different stages of Tim Peake’s mission. A final live chat (Debrief Zone), involving Tim and nominated schools, was held in November 2016. Below is a summary of our main findings. Read more in the full report here: I’m an Astronaut Final Report I’m an Astronaut engaged 2,004 students from across the UK with real people helping to make human space missions possible. 26 different people from across space industry and science, 16 directly related to the ISS and the Principia mission, were able to engage with school students as part of the Astro support Team. This included members of the ISS flight control team successfully working together on the site to provide students with a direct … Continue reading →