Program Summary
Students will receive broad exposure to key areas of Space Science & Technology, from understanding the detector payload and spacecraft requirements, to space mission design, project management and proposal writing.
Career opportunities include space research (mission specialist, payload scientist, mission planner), space-based applications (Earth observation and environmental monitoring, satellite navigation, telecommunications, space weather, radiation science, spacecraft engineering, manned space flight, space tourism), and enabling technology propulsion (simulations and testing orbital mechanics and materials).