Nasa administrator Bill Nelson congratulates five Kiwi students receiving space scholarship

Nasa administrator Bill Nelson is at Parliament to meet Government officials and congratulate five New Zealand students who have received a space scholarship.

Nelson and Nasa deputy administrator Pam Melroy, both former astronauts, have been touring New Zealand and meeting with New Zealand’s Space Agency.

Nelson and Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash will give a press conference at 10am, that will be livestreamed above.

“It is an honour to welcome Nasa’s leadership to our shores to see first-hand this country’s innovative and thriving space sector,” Nash said, in a statement.

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Nelson’s visit has coincided with the selection of five university students – Michaela Dobson, Leah Albrow, Jack Naish, Celine Jane, and Daniel Wrench – have been selected for a space scholarship that will send them to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, for 16 weeks.