Advanced Space Academy

Advanced Space Academy explores college and career preparation through an immersive experience in science, engineering, technology, and math.

Trainees experience a variety of astronaut training exercises, engineering challenges, and team-building activities, all culminating in an extended-duration simulated space mission.

Train like an astronaut on the 1/6th Gravity Chair and the Multi-Axis Trainer.
Design, build, and launch a team rocket, and safely recover its payload.
Learn team-building skills on the high elements at our Space Camp Challenge Course.
Experience neutral buoyancy while SCUBA diving in the Underwater Astronaut Trainer! (Pending physician approval. History of insulin-dependent diabetes, epilepsy, reactive airway disease, or asthma will not dive. A final determination concerning fitness to dive will be made by the Space Camp Medical & UAT staff)
Test your skills in our Engineering Challenges by constructing a heat shield and building a Rover.
Fly jet aircraft simulators!
Discover the role the International Space Station plays in our global community.
Prepare for every contingency as you go to Mars on an extended-duration mission simulation!
Earn one credit hour of freshman-level general science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in this college-accredited program!

Program Details:

Ages 15-18
Arrive and check-in on Saturday
Duration 7 Days, 6 Nights

Price Includes:

Camp Tuition
Transportation to and from Portland and Space Camp
Chaperones
Picture Package
Parent point of contact and coordination during Space Camp
Supervision and support of campers during camp.

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