The Payload Blog

The Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)^® STEM Academy is a free outreach to Title I schools in Brevard, Seminole, Orange, Volusia and Osceola counties and is making strides in sparking students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

As summer approaches, Dee from our Education team shares why the new Camp KSC^® is the prefect summer camp for aspiring astronauts who may one day travel to Mars.

A great way for students to participate in real-world science is through the Tomatosphere^TM project. Sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), Tomatosphere is a free program available to K-12 students in the United States and Canada.

One of the most immersive activities offered at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is spending time living and working on Mars as an astronaut trainee in our visionary Mars Base 1. This summer, we transported more than 1,000 guests to Mars in our Pegasus-class crew module aboard the Mars Transfer Vehicle, Concordia. Learn about their missions in the Botany Lab.

Be sure to add a field trip to Mars, or rather Mars Base 1, this school year at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex! Do your students have what it takes to keep the Base operating on the Red Planet?