Fly your picture on the International Space Station

School children aged 6-12 are invited take part in a competition to design a T-shirt for ESA astronaut Frank De Winne ON1DWN to wear during his mission to the International Space Station next year.

The winner, and all their classmates, will get to talk to De Winne ON1DWN in space.

In May 2009, Frank De Winne ON1DWN, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station. De Winne will spend 6 months on board the Station and will conduct scientific experiments developed by scientists from different countries worldwide.

He will also teach two lessons from space to children on the ground during his mission. On this occasion he will wear a very special t-shirt. The front of this t-shirt will bear a picture created by a European child who currently attends primary school.

Full ESA story at http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMN21Q4KKF_index_0.html