Audience
Students
Education Opportunity
Internships, Fellowships and Scholarships
Grade Levels
Higher Education
Subject
Education, Space Science
NASA Science Mission Design Schools are 3-month-long career development experiences for doctoral students, recent Ph.D.s, postdocs and junior faculty who have a strong interest in science-driven robotic space exploration missions. Participants learn the process of developing a hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.
The Science Mission Design Schools are designed to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers for participation and leadership in space science missions of the future. Experiences are focused on two distinct content areas:
- The Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) focuses on planetary science and exploration
- The Heliophysics Mission Design School (HMDS) focuses on missions to study the Sun and its influence on the rest of the solar system.
To learn more about NASA’s Science Mission Design Schools including dates and application deadlines, please click here.