In Himachal Pradesh, sixty students of a public school in Chamba district have been selected to visit the Houston and Kennedy Space Centres of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).The selected students from Class VI to X will leave for the US on 9th of the next month to participate in a camp organized by NASA. They will study robotics and nuances involved in designing a space shuttle.The students will be exposed to the world of space sciences, robotics and nuances involved in designing a space shuttle.They will be taken around NASA and will be explained how space shuttles are assembled and where astronauts are trained.The students are also scheduled to visit the Florida-based Kennedy Space Center’s shuttle landing facility to study vehicle assembly building system.During the 10-day visit, the students will get a chance to crawl through rocket tunnels, lunch with astronauts, interact with scientists at the beating heart of NASA and visit the ‘Hall of Fame’.They are also scheduled to visit the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a huge pool constructed to experience weightlessness, the first step of getting the feel of being in space.The children would interact with NASA scientists and astronauts and learn how to make rocket ships and Mars rovers.They will also get a chance to launch it themselves in the Rover Obstacle Course.