Mission Control Lift-Off | This is (not) Rocket Science

10 May 2023 – Mission Control had a lift-off!

Today’s children and adolescents will be very directly affected by space science when they grow up. As part of theThis is (not) Rocket Science! project, they become involved as citizen scientists and pose research questions concerning their own future.

On Wednesday, 10 May, Mission Control got together for the first time: 24 pupils aged 13–18 years met at the Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Museum of Science and Technology)!

Following an icebreaker session, the four major subject areas of This is (not) Rocket Science! were introduced. In addition, the young participants gathered some thoughts on what is important to them as members of Mission Control and scheduled the next meetings. They stayed well after the museum’s closing time, rounding off the evening with pizza and a movie about the possibilities of human survival on Mars.

The Members of Mission Control have contributed to an intense and successful start. All participants are looking forward to the next meeting and to working together, to spending time together, to questions, to fun facts, to discovering "new unknown living environments"!

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Mariahilfer Straße, 212, 1140 Wien

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Post-Its with ideas and expectations about social aspects, socialising, making new friends, getting to know the museum staff.: Expectations of participants in terms of social aspects, socialising, making new friends, getting to know the museum staff.

Expectations of participants in terms of social aspects, socialising, making new friends, getting to know the museum staff.

The group watching the film ("The Martian", Ridley Scott, 2015)

A board with Post-Its with expectations of the participants in relation to the theme of space, exploring, learning new things.: Expectations of the participants in relation to the topic of space, research, learning new things.

Expectations of the participants in relation to the topic of space, research, learning new things.

Kahoot! poll result: "You win a free ticket to the moon. How do you react to that?" The majority of MISSION CONTROL members think "megaaaaa!" and are ready to go.

Result of the Kahoot! survey: "I am here today because ...". MISSION CONTROL thinks the theme of space and rockets is cool. TMW thinks MISSION CONTROL is cool!