'One Giant Leap', an Australian-based organisation fostering children's education on all things space, science and technical, is facilitating the trip involving workshops, presentations and excursions from five of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists.

Wagga lady Vivienne Hughes helped get the group of scientists to visit regional NSW after her son went to Space Camp USA - a program also run by One Giant Leap.

"It's always the capital cities that get this stuff so we are very lucky to bring it out here regionally," she said.

"One Giant Leap also do a space camp in the USA, and last year we had eight Wagga kids go."

The scientists are the brains behind projects such as the Mars Rover and studies of Saturn's moons, and will share their knowledge on a number of different topics.

"The five scientists will look at things like where in space there might be life, one lady looks at what needs to be taken to space, another astrobiologist takes kids on a field trip to Yarrangobilly Caves, there's robotics and engineering, and even a local man, Michael Nixon who went to space camp last year, will be doing some workshops on coding and computer tech," Mrs Hughes said.

"It's basically just a weekend for kids that have these other interests like space, scientists, and astronauts to learn about what they wouldn't normally get to explore here in Wagga."

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Wagga Christian College Year 12 student Matthew Redway has a particular interest in the event after receiving a grant to attend next year's space camp in America.

"I saw the camp advertised at Air Force Cadets after a mate of mine actually went and thought, 'Hey this is cool', so I asked a lot of questions and fortunately got a grant this year after missing out last year," he said.

"We are going to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic in Mojave, and Huntsville in Alabama where they make the big rockets and everything, which will be really cool."

Mr Redway has his sights set on becoming a pilot for the RAAF or commercially, and said the idea of taking his passion outside of Earth's atmosphere was exciting.

"This is the beginning really for myself and some people," he said.

"If you go on this trip it could lead the way for you to become an astronaut or get a job with NASA after getting involved with the right people."

Mrs Hughes urged everyone to attend the event happening on July 27 and 28.

"Kids are the way of the future," she said.

"With the world we are living in now, some of the jobs kids will be doing in 10 years' time we don't even know about yet, so it's our job to help get them there."

Mr Redway will be fundraising to help with the cost of attending Space Camp USA.

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