Science & Space: camps for adults

Astronaut training simulators and research-grade telescopes, with dorm bunks included. STEM immersion camps that treat adults like the campers they secretly are. We track 2 camps here, 2 of them running.

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Active camps

  • Adult Space Academy (Space Camp for Adults)

    The most famous themed camp in America runs a grown-ups-only version: Adult Space Academy at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville packs astronaut training simulators, the multi-axis trainer, and a simulated shuttle mission into a three-day weekend with meals and habitat lodging included.

    Alabama Week-long $500 to $999

  • Astronomy Camp for Adults (University of Arizona)

    Astronomer Don McCarthy has run this camp since 1988, putting adults behind the eyepieces of research-class telescopes at Mount Lemmon Observatory above Tucson.

    Arizona Week-long $500 to $999

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