Design and defend a real space mission — advanced in content, accessible in delivery, no prior aerospace experience required.
The Aerospace Engineering & Mission Design Lab is a live, online 6-week program (grades 7–12) that takes students from the basics of flight to designing a complete space mission. Across six 90-minute sessions, students work through aerodynamics and flight mechanics, aircraft systems and propulsion, aviation weather and navigation, drones and AI in aviation, and satellites, orbits, and space systems — using simulations, visual tools, and mission-design templates rather than heavy math.
The course culminates in a capstone mission design defense: each student builds a 5–7 slide technical presentation covering mission objectives, system design, constraints, engineering trade-offs, and risks. Small cohorts (10–12 students) are led by instructors with backgrounds in aerospace engineering, aviation, drones, physics, robotics, and space systems. No prior aerospace experience is required — it's built for curious students who want a rigorous STEM experience beyond a basic camp.
90-minute live sessions that move week by week from aerodynamics and aircraft systems to drones, satellites, and orbital mechanics — using simulations and mission-design templates — building toward a capstone mission-design defense.
Curious students (grades 7–12) interested in airplanes, rockets, drones, satellites, or space missions who want a rigorous STEM experience beyond a basic camp — and a future in engineering, aviation, CS, robotics, physics, or space science.
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