St. Virgo & Lumen Christi Science Academy from Mararaba, a conurbation town on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, visited the Headquarters of the National Space Research & Development Agency on March 2, 2018. Both institutions have primary school pupils and secondary school students that were represented at the excursion. They took a tour of the NASRDA campus and had a presentation delivered to them on Space Science & technology and NASRDA’s exploits as a major driver of Space Science & Technology in Africa. They had the opportunity to see the models of Nigeria Sat-1 and NigComSat-1 satellites that were launched by NASRDA in 2003 and 2007 respectively. They received explanations on Rocketry and propulsion engines as well. Question and answer sessions ended their tour of NASRDA.

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