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Since 2015 and with students from over 60 different countries, IIAS has promoted a globally-inclusive spacefaring future by providing affordable, immersive educational services and access to subject matter experts and state-of-the-art facilities.

IIAS in Space!

IIAS bioastronautics researcher Kellie Gerardi represented the Institute on the ‘Galactic 05/IIAS-01’ research mission with Virgin Galactic in 2023. The Institute’s IIAS-02 mission with payload specialists Kellie Gerardi, Dr. Shawna Pandya, and Dr. Norah Patten has been announced for 2026. IIAS graduates additionally include one alum selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate, one who has flown on an orbital space flight, and two others that have flown to suborbital space.

IIAS-02 Payload Solicitation Now Open!

Do you want to place your science and payloads aboard the IIAS-02 mission with IIAS researchers Kellie Gerardi, Dr. Shawna Pandya, and Dr. Norah Patten? The IIAS-02 suborbital research spaceflight with Virgin Galactic call for science and payloads is now open!
Submit your proposals by 31 January!
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Today's Research Enabling Tomorrow's Space Missions

For Prospective and Registered Students:

AST 101 (Fundamentals of Astronautics) is required for all IIAS professional certificates and for enrollment in advanced courses.

The following courses are OPEN UNIVERSITY: AER 101, BIO 101, EDU 101, EVA 101, EVA 102, EVA 103, FTE 101, FTE 102, FTE 103, OPS 101, OPS 102, and OPS 104.

Register Here for Spring 2025 Semester Courses:

OPS 104, BIO 101, AER 101, EVA 101, and EVA 103 are cross-branded with AIAA.
OPS 104, BIO 101, AER 101, EVA 101, and EVA 103 are cross-branded with AIAA.

IIAS 2025 Academic Offerings

2025 On-Site Intensives and Research Campaigns

To attend, enroll in the associated course.

march

27mar(mar 27)8:00 am31(mar 31)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2501

31mar(mar 31)8:00 am04apr(apr 4)5:00 pmAST 101: Advanced PoSSUM Academy - Red Sprite Group (Spring 2025)

april

03apr(apr 3)8:00 am07(apr 7)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2502

june

05jun(jun 5)8:00 am08(jun 8)3:00 pmEVA 103 Planetary Field Geology Field Campaign (2025)Field campaign in planetary field geology including EVA tool evaluation. (Online classes start Summer Semester)

august

11aug(aug 11)8:00 am15(aug 15)5:00 pmFeaturedAST 102 Microgravity Research Campaign (2025)Microgravity Research Campaign supporting the IIAS AST 102 Program (Online class start in May)

october

17oct(oct 17)8:00 am21(oct 21)5:00 pmFeaturedOPS 102 Spacecraft Egress and Post-Landing Operations On-Site (2025)Spacecraft egress, space suit ejection, and sea survial training to complement OPS 102 post-landing human space flight instruction.

22oct(oct 22)8:00 am25(oct 25)1:00 pmEVA 105 Fundamentals of Underwater EVA Operations Campaign (2025)On-Site compliment to EVA 105 using analog training space suits and IIAS NBL facility

30oct(oct 30)8:00 am03nov(nov 3)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2503

november

03nov(nov 3)8:00 am07(nov 7)5:00 pmAST 101: Advanced PoSSUM Academy - Blue Jet Group (Fall 2025)

06nov(nov 6)8:00 am10(nov 10)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2504

13nov(nov 13)8:00 am16(nov 16)5:00 pmFeaturedEVA 104 Gravity-Offset EVA Space Suit Evaluation Campaign (2025)Gravity-offset research campaign to evaluate an EVA space suit by applying the tools and techniques developed through EVA 102 and EVA 103 courses

 

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Canadian Space Agency

EVA space suit evaluation and bioastronautics research is conducted in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency.

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IIAS microgravity research, flight test engineering support, and IVA space suit evaluations are conducted in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada

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Post-landing egress and underwater EVA space suit evaluations are conducted using the IIAS neutral buoyancy and post-landing laboratory at Survival Systems USA.

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IIAS students are trained at IIAS facilities located at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida. These facilities include gravity-offset laboratories, space flight simulation, and research aircraft.

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All IIAS post-landing IVA and underwater EVA space suit evaluations are certified by the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), the SCUBA certification agency of NASA.

IIAS is an Associate Member of the FAA Center of Excellence in Commercial Space Transportation, a partner for IIAS aeronomy, human factors, and space suit technology research for suborbital, orbital, and lunar operations.

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