Since launching in 2008 we've engaged with more than 50,000 students, nearly 6000 teachers and hundreds of industry professionals. We started in Leicester and now deliver all over the world thanks to our amazing team of Lead Educators and Project Scientists.

We continuously educate, inspire and collaborate. We are experts. We use the inspirational context of space to teach physics, chemistry, biology, maths and engineering.  We facilitate pathways into the space sector, and we want to work with you!

Read more about our different areas of work here. 

NSA team 2017

An Award-Winning Team

National Space Academy team members from across the UK have won awards for education from organisations such as the Institute of Physics, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Teaching Awards Trust and the Royal Society.  

All of our Lead Educators are outstanding subject specialists with years of teaching experience. Our team also includes numerous Advanced Skills Teachers and a National Expert STEM teacher, working with world class scientists and engineers to bring cutting edge science to the classroom.

Take a look at our team to find out more.

 

Our Team in Action

  • Professor Anu Ojha OBE, Director of the National Space Academy, will talk at the UAE Global Space Congress

    Anu at 10 year celebrations

    Prof Anu Ojha OBE was invited to speak at the Global Space Congress by Dr Mohammed Al Ahbabi, Director General of the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. The Global Space Congress runs from 19th – 21st March and is hosted by the UAE Space Agency in Abu Dhabi. It is a strategic gathering of global space industry leaders.


    Promoting the worldwide industry of space, the Congress will bring together over 600 key space agencies, commercial space businesses, academics and space service users.

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  • What’s space science got to do with protecting planet Earth?

    EarthOr, 5 sustainable development goals supported by space science and technology
    Dr Kierann Shah - General Manager and Kersti Fourcin - Communucations and Marketing Manager

    Monday 11th February marks the United Nations' International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year the UN have chosen to focus on an Investment in Women and Girls for Inclusive Green Growth. This is part of their drive towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a proposed blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. So what have they got to do with space? The space stories that make the headlines are usually about exploration or outer space, but some of the most powerful daily impacts of space science are about improving life on Earth.

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  • Chemistry at work - “Now I know I want to be a scientist.”

    Royal Society of Chemistry logoChemistry plays an important role in the Space Sector. On Tuesday 20th November we held a 'Chemistry at work' event here at the National Space Centre. Year 9 students from different schools joined scientists to learn how studying chemistry can lead to a career in the space sector.

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