A HEREFORD student is to embark on an 'out of this world' adventure to Space Camp in the USA.

Ethan Hunt, a Hereford Sixth Form College student, entered a competition through global employer, Honeywell, and was lucky enough to be chosen for a week’s Space Camp at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Ethan will be flying out solo on his first trip to America and says he is 'absolutely thrilled' to have the opportunity.

It is an international programme and Ethan will be joining 60 other students from all over the world to take part in activities such as space-walk training and simulated spaceship flying.

He will be staying on site in dedicated dormitories and at meal times in the cafeteria he will be able to look out at crops growing in aeroponic gardens which demonstrate how NASA is experimenting with plant growth in space.

Ethan, who has always had a keen interest in Astronomy, said: “I’m surprised I got onto the programme but I’m really looking forward to it, it will be great fun.”

A former St Mary’s RC High School pupil, Ethan is currently studying A levels in computing, mathematics and physics and hopes to become a software engineer.

Ethan will be at Space Camp from February 25 to March 3 and hopes to send daily updates to college which will be shared via social media.