As part of a mission team, students will virtually design spacecraft, navigate to another planet, land their vehicle, build a planetary habitat, and explore a new planet to find resources in order to sustain human life. Students will learn from subject matter experts including astronauts, scientists and engineers who are directly involved in ongoing missions as they compete with other teams for the best mission design.

Overview

• October 4th-10th, 2024
• Space Teams is a 6-day program (4 hours/day).
• For middle and high school students
• Participate on your own time.

This six-day virtual space mission will provide student teams with lessons focused on the technical knowledge and theoretical understanding that is required to design and conduct a successful space mission.

Working as a team, you will learn the engineering design process, apply new skills, and run simulations to design a mission to another planet in our solar system. Daily mission training will include live events with space mission experts (astronauts, engineers and scientists). Lessons, tutorials and a built-in AI system will guide you on how to succeed in each of the design/simulation activities.

Cost

• The ideal team size is 2-4 students, although more could be on the same team. Explorers can register and select their own teams or teachers can assign teams as desired.
• Program Regular Cost: $295 per young astronaut
• For schools and after-school programs: TSGC can sponsor one team (up to 4 students) for the Space Teams Global Space Challenge. TSGC will also give a 50% discount off any additional students. (Alternatively, apply to become a Space Teams Lab and get hardware, training and an educator stipend to run the autonomous classroom version with time-independent self-directed lessons.)

Space Teams Global Space Challenge is to open to all young space explorers ages 12 and up.

This experience was definitely one of the best!!!! The cooperation across and within the teams was dynamic and priceless. The vocabulary they gained and expressed was so incredible. Thank you very much for organizing this awesome competition! It was well worth it and I’m sure this is an experience that our students will share for the rest of their lives… Keep spreading the challenge. We need to expose our “Artemis Generation” with this degree of knowledge to be prepared for the upcoming future. To infinity and beyond…

Teacher

The overall experience of the challenge was amazing and the knowledge gained will be very useful for my future learning. It gave me insight into potential careers in the space industry and I am now thinking I could study either astrophysics or aeronautical engineering with the possibility of working for the Australian Space Agency or even NASA.

Student

Led by former astronaut, Dr. Greg Chamitoff, students will learn from subject matter experts including astronauts, scientists, and engineers who are directly involved in ongoing missions as they compete with other teams for the best mission design.

For more information visit the Space Teams Global Space Challenge website.