Mission:

Space Center Houston’s Space School is a five day, Monday through Friday adventure into space engineering for ages 12-14 & 15-18 year olds. Students will be engaged in a mission to Mars, creating and building a robotic rover to obtain Martian rock samples, analyzing samples with a reflectance spectrometer, designing and launching a rocket to return back to Earth, all while being challenged to maintain a budget.

During the week guest speakers from the Johnson Space Center will give students insights on what makes space exploration happen.

* Space School is a team based program and requires a group registration with a minimum of 20 students. Space School is not currently designed for individual students. If you are a leader of a group or interested in sponsoring a group of students to attend Space School please direct inquiries to the number below, thank you.

Skills Required:

• Teamwork
• Problem Solving
• Fiscal Responsibility
• Communication
• Adaptation to Unexpected Problems
• The Drive to be Successful

Projects:

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General Information

Availability:
Space School is offered year round, Monday through Friday of a given week. Each day runs from  8:30am - 4:30pm (times subject to change) and includes your choice of lunch.  We schedule each individual Space School on a first come first serve basis, so register now.

Group Age and Size:
The size of a Space School team greatly determines the success of the individual team and the group as a whole. Students need to be between the ages of 12-14 for the Junior program and 15-18 for the Senior program. Groups need to have at least 20 students to allow for a good team ratio.

Materials:
Each student receives:

• A copy of the first color picture taken from the surface of Mars
• A book about NASA's Martian rovers
• Rover stickers
• Graduation Certificate

*The winning team receives medals as the top Space School team.

Former and Current Space School Participants:
Australia
China
Colombia
India
Korea
Mexico
Pakistan
Scotland
Taiwan
United States

Graduation Ceremony: (Optional)
Graduation and dinner after hours in our Saturn Club while overlooking Space Center Houston or in our Starship Gallery under the stars and among historic artifacts.

* Space School is a team based program and requires a group registration with a minimum of 20 students. Space School is not currently designed for individual students. If you are a leader of a group or interested in sponsoring a group of students to attend Space School please direct inquiries to the number below, thank you.

For Further Details, Pricing and Other Information:
Call: 281-283-4752
Email: davebrown@spacecenter.org