Matt Isawa briefs Team Estrellas of University Heights PS on the fine points of meteorites

CPSX launches mission to send students' minds out of this world

Sometimes the best space exploration doesn't require a rocket.

At least that's what the enriched grades 5/6 combined class from University Heights Elementary School learned when they embarked on a mission to learn about meteorites. After learning about the solar system in their own class they joined Prof. Niel Banerjee along with a host of Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) grad students to get a chance to see meteroites first hand.

Photos from the successful event follow:

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