The Mission of Teachers in Space, Inc. is to provide real space science experiences for teachers and their students. Flying experiments aboard stratospheric balloons teaches participants that THEY can plan and manage flight paths, airspace control, communications and tracking, power supply appropriate for altitude / temperature / flight duration, all within weight / volume restrictions. Migrating those experiments to stratospheric flights aboard the Airbus Perlan II glider provides engineering exercises in comparing flight duration and profile, weight and volume restrictions, payload integration, procedure writing and change control. This is essential groundwork to the ultimate goal of flying payloads aboard space vehicles.

Adding suborbital spaceflight to the suite of flight experiment opportunities for the classroom is a crucial next step in inviting teachers and students to join the space exploration and science community. It offers real space flights (not just balloon and glider analog) at an affordable cost and regular schedule, with standard yet customizable equipment for schools to build on each other’s work and compare and learn from each other’s results.

Teachers and students across the United States.