On Thursday January 15th. Capt. Winston Scott (Astronaut) and Scott Higginbottom (Manager of the International Space Centre) visited all the pupils in St. Josephs and answered questions on space and space travel.

You can listen to the question and answer sessions in Senior Infants, Middle and Senior Standards with the two wonderfully entertaining guests.

Ms. Thornton's Class ask the astronuat some probing questions   

  Capt. Scott answers the questions posed by 4th., 5th. and 6th. class
1st., 2nd. and 3rd. class ask the questions.
Junior Infants put Capt. Scott and Mr. Higginbottom through their paces.

  

Click on any of the pictures below for a better view.

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Capt. Scott and Mr. Higginbottom in Senior Infants		 PIC00003.jpg (98780 bytes)
Why didn't God put more people on Mars?		 PIC00006.jpg (88659 bytes)
Senior classes are shown how to put on a sleeping bag
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Scott with the Senior boys
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The 'Spaceman' answers Junior Infant questions

You will find out more about Capt. Winston Scott at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/scott.html