Welcome to the Career Astronaut Spaceflight Training Overview
As you may have read in the news or watched on television, the commercial space industry is rapidly growing. Private companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin open the opportunity and need for a greater human presence in space. You may have also noticed that there are more space startup companies either sending more satellites into orbit or developing more advanced drones and habitats to increase space mining and exploration opportunities. Most of this activity will require astronauts. NASA, ESA and other Space Agencies can’t do it alone and they need collaborative support.
Career Astronauts are trained to be spaceflight certified and ready to take on space missions and rapid deployment, but we don’t just train individual astronauts, we train astronaut teams. Career Astronauts are specialized teams designed to be the best at what they do, to get the most out of each moment they spend in microgravity, on the moon, Mars and beyond. We apply peer reviewed research, patented technology and decades of experience to prepare you and your team. If you’re looking to make a difference, contribute to the greater good by inspiring and motivating others in 118 countries around the world then we invite you to become a Career Astronaut.
This overview provides training expectations required to become a Career Astronaut. Their are three training program available:
Online Training
Career Astronaut Competition (includes Career Astronaut Training)
Customized Career Astronaut Training
All of our training programs offer the same professional team training. The main difference between training programs is cost and the amount of time invested. For example;
a 15-week intensive Career Astronaut Training program is 3-4 days of training per week
a 12-month Career Astronaut Training program is 30-40 hours per month
a 5 year part-time Career Astronaut Training program (the Competition) is astronaut training during the summer months (usually July/August)
When you complete our Online Training and Career Astronaut Training program you will be ready to take on space contract opportunities as a Career Astronaut Spaceflight Certified engineer, doctor, researcher, or any number of other fields that will require a human presence in space. We have 3 ways to begin your career:
Curriculum Overview
Using the 12-month timeline, here’s an overview of the Career Astronaut Spaceflight training stages. Unless contracted to complete a Mission, training stages 12 through 16 are for illustration purposes only.
Astronaut Training Process | Timeline/ Deadline |
Goal/Outcome |
Training Summary
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12 months | Successful completion of Astronaut Training and Spaceflight Certification |
Training Stage 1
|
Month 1 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 2
|
Month 2 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 3
|
Month 3 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 4
|
Month 4 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 5
|
Month 5 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 6
|
Month 6 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 7
|
Month 7 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 8
|
Month 8 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 9
|
Month 9 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 10
|
Month 10 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 11
|
Month 11 | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 12
|
TBD | Successful completion of required skills |
Training Stage 13 – Mission Training
|
TBD | Successful completion of required Mission Training |
Stage 14 – Flight to ISS, Lunar Mission, Mars Mission, Gateway Mission
|
TBD |
Successful completion of Flight Mission to:
|
Stage 15 – Mission
|
TBD
(mission duration subject to space organizational needs) |
Successful completion of Mission |
Stage 16 – Return Flight & Post Mission
|
TBD |