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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visits Imperial for a Physics Outreach event
Outreach Event
On 11 July over 300 schoolchildren got the chance to put their questions to real-life astronaut, Head of NASA Charles Bolden, who came to Imperial to encourage schoolchildren from underrepresented groups to follow a career in STEM. As well as Charles Bolden, the event included talks from alumni Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, and Professor David Southwood, former Head of Department at the Blackett Laboratory who went on to become the Director of the European Space Agency.
Reporter covered the event, and also had an interview with Charles Bolden.
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Rob Bell
Office of the Provost