WORLD SPACE WEEK COMPETITION

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

Congratulations to Hunslet Carr Primary School on winning a Moon Landing Coding Adventure!

With our Moon Landing Coding Adventure now launched, we celebrated World Space Week 2021 and the fantastic female role models we highlight in our shows by honouring some amazing women in space with a special competition.

Although the competition is closed, you can still test your knowledge (or look it up!)

Question 1:

Which inspirational woman is the lead engineer for the Mars Helicopter 'Ingenuity' - the first extra-terrestrial aircraft?

Question 2:

Which phenomenal woman became Director of the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory in 1965, developing on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo programme?

Question 3:

Which inspiring American engineer, physician and astronaut was the first Black woman in space?

Question 4:

Which brilliant mathematician, who crossed 1960s gender and race boundaries and was immortalised in a 2016 film, worked on NASA's launch calculations to put John Glenn into orbit?

Question 5:

Which groundbreaking space explorer achieved the record of first British cosmonaut – 24 years before Tim Peake went into space?

Question 6:

Thanks to our newly launched Moon Landing Coding Adventure, our own female astronaut, AL THE ROBOT, is now a legendary space traveller, but do you know what her name is short for?

Question 7:

Complete this sentence: I'd love to have a Moon Landing Coding Adventure at the school I've chosen because...

Your name

Your email

Your chosen primary school, town and country

Thank you! Your answers have been submitted!

*Please note:

By entering this competition you're agreeing to our terms and conditions of entry. In particular that you're happy for us to retain your details for use in the competition and add them to our mailing list, (fine to unsubscribe at any time), and that you're happy to feature in our publicity activities if you win (e.g. posts on our social channels and blog). Full terms and conditions below:

Terms and conditions:

The competition is open to everyone, anywhere in the world, and any school with children aged 5-9 can be nominated to receive the prize.
The competition opens on 4 October 2021 and closes at 23.59 GMT on 18 October 2021.
All complete and correct competition entries will be entered into a prize draw to win, however no more than six entries are allowed per person.
The winner will be selected at random on 19 October 2021, notified by email and announced within seven days.
The prize is a virtual Moon Landing Coding Adventure for a primary school of the winner's choice, worth £300. It includes a half hour show and one associated activity, which are both available in English only.
The prize cannot be substituted or changed.
The prize must be taken within six months of the winner being notified.
The winner agrees to be featured in publicity activities, e.g. posts on our social media channels, website, print media and Get with the Program marketing materials.
By submitting an entry you confirm that you're happy for us to retain your details for use in administering the competition and that you're happy for them to be added to our mailing list so we can tell you about future Get with the Program activities, as per our privacy notice. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The competition is being held and administered by Get with the Program Ltd., a company registered in England under company number 12012739. Get with the Program's decision is final in relation to all aspects of the competition.