An out of this world Badge!

 

For Explorer Scouts aged 14 through 18 recently the UK Space Agency and the Scouts Association teamed up with a new Space Badge covering learning new skills centred around the STEM (Science,Technology, Engineerering and Maths) disclipines showing evidence of practical knowledge.

Young people will be encouraged to learn how to control something remotely, replicating the skills used by scientists and engineers to guide the Perseverance Rover across Mars’ surface, as well as embracing their curiosity and discovering ways to grow plants without soil – a task undertaken on the International Space Station to test different watering methods.