The National Space Academy

We continuously educate, inspire and collaborate. We are experts.

We use the inspirational context of space to science, technology, engineering and maths, opening doors into the space sector.

24/06/2026

"Any normal job that's on Earth, there will be a space equivalent of that in the future... if you see something that interests you, put yourself out there towards [it]!" 🌟

Robyn is a Digital & Creative Marketing Manager at Astroscale UK, learn why she loves her & explore many more spaced up jobs with Series 3: https://nationalspaceacademy.org/careers/career-resources/

23/06/2026

"[Someone] told me: 'Why don't you study engineering, then you can become whatever you want in the world?' and I just thought 'WOW!'"

Jo Salter was Britain's first female fast jet pilot. Hear her career story & explore how to follow in her footsteps with our FREE careers resources, funded by UK Space Agency. Watch Jo's full interview and the rest of the series now: https://nationalspaceacademy.org/careers/career-resources/

22/06/2026

in the space sector with our NEW series of careers videos, launching today with Meganne Christian, engineer, scientist, and ESA - European Space Agency Astronaut Reserve member. View more & Meganne's full interview: https://nationalspaceacademy.org/careers/career-resources/

22/06/2026

📢 Announcing the return of our space careers series ! We're kicking off Series 3 with Meganne Christian, engineer, science and ESA - European Space Agency Astronaut Reserve member. Watch Meganne's full interview, all of Series 3, & access our career resources: https://nationalspaceacademy.org/careers/career-resources/

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18/06/2026

10 years ago, Tim Peake returned to Earth after 6 months on the International Space Station. While there, Tim conducted a series of experiments for . Today he joined us to celebrate this anniversary and spent time with our students. Thank you Tim and all our students for your fab questions for Tim!

17/06/2026

Today we’re celebrating ! 💡🍎

We'd like to thank Sophie, Nat and Pete on our Teaching & Learning team, and all of our wonderful Space Advocates & Lead Educators for going above and beyond. Our incredible network of teachers bring real space science to the classroom, inspiring a love of STEM in students across the UK. Thank you for everything! 🫶❤️

16/06/2026

Our face some exciting challenges on our incredible course and recently they were tasked with designing, building and programming a controller to carry out a space-related task. Read our ✨NEW✨ to find out how they got on: https://nationalspaceacademy.org/about-us/news/miniblog-space-engineering-controller-build-challenge/
With Loughborough College

12/06/2026

🌟Competition time!🌟

Calling all secondary school teachers: enter our prize draw by filling in our survey and be in with a chance to win a fantastic resource package for your school!

Prizes include:
⭐ Free space science masterclass
⭐ Online teacher CPD
⭐ A set of Moon Rescue books
⭐ A set of Tim Peake’s Cosmic Diary books
⭐ Space Academy goodies

Enter at: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ZRBNf9waNx

09/06/2026

The Artemis III astronauts are:

👩🏻‍🚀 Andre Douglas, mission specialist
👩🏻‍🚀 Frank Rubio, mission specialist
👩🏻‍🚀 Luca Parmitano, pilot (European Space Agency)
👩🏻‍🚀 Randy Bresnik, commander

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05/06/2026

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