Media Release
Western Sydney Student Experiment Launched into Space
In an historic moment for Western Sydney public schools, 120 secondary students have sent life-giving algae to the International Space Station in a bid to create a greener future on Earth.
Yesterday at 1.29pm AEDT students from Seven Hills High School joined students at Casula High School cheering and clapping as the inaugural Powerhouse-1 space mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, carrying two shoebox-sized containers of an ancient species of microalgae.
The student-designed experiment left Earth on the SpaceX-31 Cargo Dragon spacecraft destined for a 30-day mission to space, marking the culmination of the three-year Powerhouse: Future Space program. This is the first initiative of the at , made possible through a generous donation from the