Science Study Tours

Study Subject : Science

Location : Transinne, Belgium

Prices From : £169

Duration : 3 days, 2 nights

Tour Description : Throughout the school year we run a selection of courses for science students at home and abroad. This science tour enables students to experience and understand the technology involved in space exploration. The Euro Space Centre is located in southern Belgium close to the town of Namur. The Euro Space Centre has a full sized model of the American Space Shuttle, also exhibitions on the MIR space station and the European Space Laboratory, as well as many other interesting exhibits and audio visual and interactive displays. As part of your tour you could also include a visit to either the Europlanetarium at Genk or La Coupole at St. Omer, which would provide an additional dimension to your experiences at the Euro Space Centre.

What's Included :

• Executive coach travel

• Return short channel crossing

• Full use of the coach in resort (subject to drivers' hours)

• 2 nights bed and breakfast hotel accommodation

• Entrance to Euro Space Centre (Maxispatial)

• Lunch at the Euro Space Centre

• Tailor made itinerary with a full programme of visits

• Comprehensive travel insurance

• 1:10 free place ratio for staff

Sample Itinerary :
Day 1: Your coach will collect your group at school and take you to Dover for a short channel crossing to France. Travel onwards to your accommodation arriving in the evening.
Day 2: A day at the 'Euro Space Centre' (entry costs included). The Centre contains many fascinating exhibits related to the exploration of space. Students can go aboard a full-scale mock-up of the American Space Shuttle. Ariane 4 and the European Ariane 5 launchers are also displayed, as well as a replica of the Russian space station MIR. There is also the opportunity to see the European space laboratory, Columbus, and the Artemis communication satellite. There are audio-visual experiences, cinemas and a crazy space ride! Students can have the opportunity to experience the sensations of space travel in the Amicitia simulator. The sensations of a space launch, orbiting, docking with a space station and a landing are a valuable insight into the life of an astronaut. Students can also experience the moon walk chair, the multi-axis chair and the micro-gravity simulator which form part of an astronauts training. A workshop on the building and launch of your own rocket is included. Please note: The Euro Space Centre is closed on Mondays.
Day 3: This morning after breakfast you check out of your hotel. Visit the Genk Planetarium where you can see the telescope in the observatory and have a presentation on the Hubble Telescope. As an alternative, you may wish to consider visiting La Coupole at St. Omer, just south of Calais. La Coupole contains exhibitions, re-constructions and original artefacts relating to the development of rocket engineering from the V1 and V2 rockets of World War II through to modern rocket technology. Take an afternoon ferry and return to school.

Excursions : The main focus of this tour is your visit to the Euro Space Centre in Transinne Belgium. You can choose to visit either the Genk Planetarium (sorry the site is only in Flemish) or the V2 rocket base in St Omer, France, La Coupole (entry costs are not included).

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