Bill Retallack’s Space Journey To The USA

During the holidays and about 20 other boys from years 7-9 went to the USA to visit Space Camp (Huntsville, Alabama), Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(Los Angeles, California). We participated in many fun activities during our time there. My highlight was JPL where we saw the Mars 2020 rover and learnt about all the deep space missions and rovers that they are going to and have sent into space. It was really inspiring to see so many people from similar backgrounds to us working there and doing such amazing things. The activities in Houston included a shark dissection, a tour of NASA, a MLB game, meeting an astronaut, and trying out astronaut training simulators. We had a great time in the USA.