Junior Space School

A residential decision-training program for students ready to work inside the realities of the Space–AI economy.

Explore the program

Mission simulations

Team-based mission simulations where students work within defined roles and mission constraints.

Real spaceflight facilities

Activities span Houston space organizations, universities, and companies, including Space Center Houston, with visits to NASA Johnson Space Center.

Makerspace prototyping

Develop lunar or Mars base concepts as part of team project work.

Collaboration and Crisis Management

Practice leadership under pressure and learn to make critical decisions with your team.

Practitioners in the room

Hear directly from NASA scientists and engineers and other space-industry professionals.

Program certificate

Students earn a HASSE program certificate documenting their mission roles and completed projects.

Global Networking

Work with peers from different backgrounds in a shared mission environment.

AI for analysis and design

Use AI to analyze space-industry trends and support lunar or Mars base-concept work. Students check the output and remain responsible for the decision.

What students practice

  • Work with evidence and data inside defined mission and project tasks.
  • Work in multidisciplinary teams with assigned mission roles.
  • Identify the problem, compare options, and explain a decision.
  • Use AI as a tool for analysis and design, not as the final decision-maker.
  • Present ideas across cultures and disciplines, with the reasoning visible.
  • Consider safety, sustainability, and human needs while developing a space-related concept.

A decision environment built like a mission

HASSE’s interdisciplinary mission environment brings together science, art, business, and technology. Participants practice judgment, leadership, and execution under constraint in work that mirrors the Space–AI economy.
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Through mission simulations, project work, and team execution, participants practice analytical judgment. Their roles, reasoning, and completed work make the practice observable.

Decision practice under pressure

Students take part in mission simulations and team projects under defined constraints. Their HASSE program certificate documents their mission roles and completed projects.

Mission simulation

Students work in defined roles, respond to changing mission conditions, and explain decisions with their team.

Inside Johnson Space Center

Students tour NASA Johnson Space Center and see where human spaceflight teams train and work.

Program information.

Houston, Texas
Sessions: Winter, Jan 22 to Feb 2. Summer, Jul 5 to 16 and Jul 19 to 30.
Elementary and middle school students, ages 11 to 14
Enrollment: Contact edu@thehasse.org for current availability.
Due to the operating hours of launch facilities and weather conditions, HASSE reserves the right to adjust or change the schedule.

Tuition: US$8,499 regular; US$7,999 early bird

Book a consultation
Book a consultation with the HASSE Program Coordinator