LIT graduates set off for NASA

THREE recent graduates from Limerick Institute of Technology are setting off to the NASA space centre in Florida to further their studies under a partnership between LIT and the US facility.

Dean Meagher, Stacey Shine and Martin Hayes will begin a six-month internship on Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center.

During their internship the students will engage in research projects which will support life science, space science and nutraceutical science in LIT and across the EU.