YouTube Space Lab lifts off with Lenovo aboard
[Johannesburg, 12 October 2011] -
YouTube and Lenovo, in co-operation with Space Adventures and space agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), today announced YouTube Space Lab, a worldwide initiative that challenges 14- to 18-year-old students to design a science experiment that can be performed in space.The two winning experiments will be conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and live-streamed on YouTube.Space Lab is part of YouTube's larger commitment to highlighting and providing access to the wealth of educational content available on YouTube, as well as Lenovo's focus on equipping students with 21st century skills via information technology.A prestigious panel of scientists, astronauts and educators, including renowned professor Stephen Hawking; NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, William Gerstenmaier; NASA's Associate Administrator of Education; and former Astronaut, Leland Melvin; ESA Astronaut, Frank De Winne; JAXA Astronaut, Akihiko Hoshide; and Cirque du Soleil's founder, Guy Laliberté, will judge the entries with input from the YouTube community. Students in two age categories, 14 to 16 and 17 to 18, either alone or in groups of up to three, may submit a YouTube video describing their experiment to YouTube.com/SpaceLab.
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