Weekly live classes
One expert-led class each week, with 40+ sessions across the year.
Now enrolling · 100% online
Space
Academy
Your journey to space starts here. A year-round online programme connecting middle and high school students to expert-led classes, real-world satellite missions, and a global community.
Earth's limb above Western Australia · NASA / ISS064-E-005209
01 / Mission
A classroom with no ceiling
Learn space science from people who work in it.
Space Academy turns curiosity into a working understanding of rockets, satellites, astronauts, physics, and deep-space exploration. Join one live class each week, ask questions directly, and connect classroom science to missions shaping our future.
Mission Lab / Interactive
From lesson to launch
See launch systems
in motion.
Move through an interactive rocket-to-satellite sequence and connect the Academy curriculum to a working visual model.
Enter the Mission Lab02 / Mission brief
A year of guided exploration.
Six ways the programme brings the space sector within reach.
Q&A with space experts
Meet leading scientists, researchers, aerospace professionals, and educators.
Exclusive webinars
Explore cutting-edge missions, discoveries, and the latest space research.
Learn from home
Bring your device and your drive to explore. The academy is 100% online.
Case studies and awareness
Study real missions, historic milestones, and the evolving space industry.
Expert instructors
Learn with aerospace professionals and educators who make complex ideas clear.
03 / Flight path
Eight coordinates.
One connected universe.
Move from the physics of launch to the questions defining humanity's next chapter in space.
Understand gravity, the launch sequence, and the engineering that turns controlled force into a journey beyond Earth.
Compare low, medium, and geostationary Earth orbits, and learn how satellites stay in orbit.
See how satellites enable GPS, weather forecasting, internet access, disaster response, and climate monitoring.
Explore astronaut selection, physical and mental training, and the demands of life on a mission.
Discover how astronauts eat, sleep, exercise, and run experiments in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.
Connect gravity, forces, energy, and motion to the missions and engineering systems they make possible.
Investigate exoplanets, black holes, galaxies, and some of the universe's biggest unanswered questions.
Look ahead to Moon bases, Mars missions, commercial spaceflight, emerging technology, and future careers.
04 / Expert access
Questions welcome
The people behind the missions, live in your classroom.
Space Academy connects students with leading scientists, researchers, aerospace professionals, and educators. Live Q&A makes every session a chance to test an idea, follow a curiosity, and see the many routes into a space career.
“A direct line from curiosity to the people turning science into flight.”
05 / From science to systems
Leave with a working map of the space sector.
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Understand how rockets, satellites, and spacecraft work.
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Connect physics and science to real missions and technology.
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Discover career pathways from engineering to research.
- 04
Build awareness of the latest missions and discoveries.
- 05
Gain confidence to pursue higher-level STEM learning.
06 / Mission profile
Everything you need to come aboard.
- Format
- Weekly live classes
- Sessions
- 40+ across the year
- Audience
- Any space enthusiast
- Location
- 100% online
- Access
- Live Q&A included
- Language
- English
Annual membership
$499/ year
- 40+ live classes
- Expert-led instruction
- Live Q&A sessions
- Exclusive webinars
- Year-round online access
Institutional pricing is available for schools and organizations.
07 / Join the mission
Enrollment open
Reserve your place in Space Academy.
Register your interest and our team will get back to you with next steps, including the meeting link and schedule.
Mission hardware at NASA Goddard · NASA