Astronaut Tony Antonelli, pilot onboard Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight in May 2010, came to inspire a young audience at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, and checked out the latest issue of Astronomy Now, too!

STS-132 was possibly Space Shuttle Atlantis' final flight; it's mission was to deliver one of the last modules to the International Space Station. The shuttle Discovery will make its final voyage to the space station on 1 November, while the shuttle Endeavour will conclude its operations in February 2011.

During his talk to excited school children, Antonelli made mention of working hard - dividends that would benefit in later life. He showed a very quick-paced video file to the sounds of Muse of life onboard both the orbiter and the International Space Station, after which he parried many searching questions such as how do you go to toilet in space, how do you get paid, would you like to go to the Moon and are there aliens?

Before leaving he took part in a ceremony to plant an apple tree cloned from Isaac Newton's famed apple tree, under which Newton had watched an apple fall, which inspired him to formulate his theory of gravitation. Applauded by pupils and staff on a glorious day, Antonelli will no doubt inspire many to consider a future in the manned space programme.

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