Former Chepstow pupil has 'out of this world' encounter with Tim Peake - South Wales Argus

Ben Pisacane, who attended Wyedean School, adjacent Chepstow, earlier pursuing his studies successful movie astatine Falmouth University’s School of Film and Television was asked to articulation Spaceport’s broadcast unit for a peculiar UK-wide broadcast ‘Countdown 2 Launch’, which has been commissioned by Spaceport for a school-age audience.

The broadcast volition item the UK's archetypal rocket motorboat acceptable to instrumentality spot successful this period and connection a heavy dive into the UK’s burgeoning abstraction sector.

Schools and individuals tin motion up to explicit an involvement successful watching the broadcast and it’s hoped the movie volition connection a revealing glimpse into the possibilities of a vocation successful STEM for young radical crossed the UK.

Ben was chosen by Spaceport arsenic helium has been producing a documentary of his university's engagement successful the motorboat done the instauration of an interactive VR experience.

Produced by Falmouth’s Immersive Business Lab, the VR acquisition was precocious utilized astatine Spaceport’s nationalist installation extracurricular the Natural Science Museum successful London and visited by Richard Branson.

Wales’ archetypal satellite, The ForgeStar-0 (designed and built by Cardiff startup Space Forge) is besides acceptable to beryllium launched via Virgin Orbit's Start Me Up ngo successful November.

Film pupil Ben, from Chepstow, said: "I’ve been progressive with Spaceport shooting a promotional documentary of the virtual world ‘space launch’ acquisition which has been made with the Immersive Business Lab to simulate the upcoming abstraction launch. I was past asked by Spaceport Cornwall to assistance retired with the filming astatine the Natural Science Museum, wherever we filmed an interrogation with British astronaut Tim Peake.

“Tim is simply a fascinating, humble antheral – a real-life spaceman! It was besides amusive to sojourn Spaceport and larn astir the interaction that the motorboat is expected to person connected the UK.

"I person met tons of radical successful some the movie and abstraction industries and anticipation that I present person my ft successful the doorway for aboriginal vocation opportunities. I’m precise grateful for the opportunity, it’s decidedly thing I won't hide and I’m blessed to person had a tiny relation successful this monolithic endeavour.”