Lee, aged 15
Lee* was a student on our three-year Blue Skies programmes at Robert May’s School in Hampshire. His headteacher, Rea Mitchell, tells us how the support he has received from JET...
Author: Jon Egging Trust
July 2022
JET runs a national competition, JET to Space, to offer places on a four-day camp in Cornwall linked to the UK’s first rocket launch. 25 winning students from areas...
We JETted to Space!
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Tech to the future
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