Out-of-this-world chance for students

Transition year students are being invited to look to the stars as part of a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to design an experiment and test it in space.

The Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp), based at the University of Limerick, through its partnership with NanoRacks LLC, is offering one lucky team of transition year students the opportunity to send their research to the International Space Station.

The project, entitled The Only Way is Up, will be the first of its kind in Irish history. The research will be tested in space for 30 days orbiting the earth.