TEENAGE entrepreneurs will compete in the final of a global contest sponsored by NASA.

A group of five Year 10 girls from Oxford High School triumphed over 600 rival teams across the world, to earn a place in the highly-competitive final of the Conrad Challenge.

The annual innovation and entrepreneurship competition is run in collaboration with NASA, challenging youngsters aged 13-18 to design products for the future.

Its final is usually held at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, but this year participation will be virtual due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Oxford High's finalists, called Team Astronyx, made the final round for the aviation and aerospace category.

They will have to present their product Astratum, which is a magnetised and heated mattress and blanket system.

It is designed to reduce the muscular atrophy and vision impairment affecting astronauts in microgravity.

The final Innovation Summit will be held from April 21-24 and Astronyx will compete against four other teams in their category, from all over the world.

Winners are in line for a variety of prizes.