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Bhatnagar International School’s Students go on International Educational trip to NASA – Kennedy Space Centre
This voyage brought together the essence of all aspects of a great trip in one fabulous package viz great leisure, unparalleled education, world class entertainment, working with cutting edge technology, international exposure & heavenly experience.
Educational Trips took a new twist for the students of Bhatnagar International School Paschim Vihar this year with International Expedition. Students got a chance to not just have fun but also explore innovative prospects during this International Educational trip to NASA- Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA in the month of Oct’ 2017. During this 12 days long trip the first two days they were awed by the ATX (ASTRONAUT TRAINING EXPERIENCE) and a guided tour to Kennedy Space Center offered a lot of things to see that were mind boggling. A bus ride that rode them 5 miles to take them to Rocket Assembly Building & then came the LAUNCHPAD from where numerous Rockets & Shuttles were launched to space. There was a real star of Kennedy Space Centre waiting to be explored – The real ‘ATLANTIS’ – the space shuttle that flew to space & came back with more than 35 missions. It was an opportunity for the students to work together, gain, share knowledge & get trained in the world’s best possible infrastructure under the supervision of their CHAPERONES. The highlights of this program included –Rocket Garden, Early Space Exploration Tour, Apollo Saturn V-Centre. The windshield tour, learning about science of Rocketry, Propulsion & Newton’s laws as each student had a full -mock-up of space shuttle.
Students enjoyed a guided tour of Astronaut Hall of Fame. They experienced a variety of hands on activities in the simulator room. On the education training floor , students Experienced the thinks of motion based astronaut training simulators modeled after those used to train for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo & Shuttle Program. This included Multi Axis Trainer, Micro Gravity Wall & T-Chair. An opportunity to meet an ASTRONAUT, ask questions & receiving an autographed souvenir from the astronaut guest & certificate of completion along with KSC T-Shirts was a great experience.
Other highlight of destinations included- Sea World, Universal Studio- Islands of Adventure, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Rockefeller Centre, visit to Wall-Mart, Time Square, Ground Zero, Freedom Tower and Fifth Avenue.
The official guided tour to the prestigious MIT university & Harvard University provided an interactive pathway & campus highlighting important land marks. The important information regarding the university program and admissions was another added feature of this trip.
The team comprising of the following:
Girls Boys
1. Ananya Gupta 1. Arnav Gupta
2. Parnika Handa 2. Parth Aggarwal
3. Isheta Sehgal 3. Raman Malik
4. Bhavika Dhameja 4. Chirag Garg
5. Khushi Vijay 5. Dhruv Kurseja
6. Janvhi Vijay 6. Shiv Bindra
7. Gorvi Sajnani 7. Sahej Singh
8. Sneha Gandhi 8. Chirjiv Singh Bindra
9. Navya Sethi 9. Divyansh Aggarwal
10. Prisha Aggarwal 10. Parth Garg
11. Smriti Dhawan
12. Prajna Pahuja
13. Vrinda Garg
14. Shivani Gupta
15. Tnvi Chopra
16. Asees Kaur
17. Yanya Singhal
Chaperon: Ms. Neetu Malhotra Chaperon: Ms. Kethika Chugh
This voyage brought together the essence of all aspects of a great trip in one fabulous package viz great leisure, unparalleled education, world class entertainment, working with cutting edge technology, international exposure & heavenly experience.