Space Adventure Camp (Advanced) Launch Lab – Cubes in Space™

Space Adventure Advanced Camp: Launch Lab – Cubes in Space™

Ages: 12 - 16 years old (at the time of camp session)

Tuition: 
$1699

Dates: Week 5: July 20 - 25

Prerequisite - Completion of Space Adventure Base Camp or Advanced Camp Aerospace, Advanced Coding & Robotics. This is for advanced learners and returning campers ready for a deeper dive.

6-day, 5-night residential camp experience offers campers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on space mission design, from concept to execution, while preparing to fly a CiS Individual Onboard Nanocomputer (ION+) atmospheric sensing hardware unit on the CiS Research Balloon-10 (RB-10)/ NASA's Salter Test Flight mission (scientific balloon). These scientific balloons typically stay aloft for 5.5 hours and reach altitudes over 125,000 ft. This camp fosters curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, empowering the next generation of explorers to take their ideas to the edge of space and beyond. Campers also experience exclusive tours of Wallops aerospace facilities and plenty of traditional camp fun.

Featured Academics:

• Engage in the full cycle of designing a space mission, including asking scientific questions, defining flight profiles, and building flight proposals. Learn systems thinking by exploring the interrelationship between engineering, science, and math.
• Acquire and practice skills crucial for interpreting and presenting research findings effectively by practicing hypothesis formulation, data collection using environmental sensing instruments, data analysis, and creating technical and scientific diagrams.
• Develop technical engineering skills and learn iterative problem-solving through hands-on activities like hardware assembly, calibration, testing, and integrating ION+ units into the actual Cubes in Space RB-10 payload.

All camp sessions pricing includes:

• Camper t-shirt, water bottle, and backpack
• All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks)
• Evening entertainment, including Funland Amusements and Iron Pony Aerial Adventure Course
• All course equipment and supplies
• Housing in contemporary, climate-controlled dorms
• Transportation to all program locations, including behind-the-scene tours and recreational sites

All camps include the following activities:

• Tour exhibits and interactives at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center
• Climb to new heights at the Iron Pony Adventure Park’s aerial obstacle course
• Ride go-karts, play miniature golf, and more at Funland Amusements
• Movie and Astronomy Nights