Design a space habitat

For students up to 19 years old

Open worldwide

Participate in Moon Camp and design a space habitat!

Are you a student? Take on a new space adventurer role and design a habitat on the lunar surface or go beyond the Moon and explore other worlds in our Solar System. Find classmates or friends to join your team and a teacher, educator or parent that can supervise and submit your team’s project. Select the topic and format that best fits your team and get creative! Your project can range from:

Arts and crafts

3D Design

3D Printing

Robotics

Game-based & Immersive Worlds

Scientific Experiments

Are you a teacher, educator or parent? Take students on a space adventure by letting them design a habitat on the Moon or beyond. Moon Camp has an open format, meaning that students can design a space habitat with a design tool of their choice (see examples above). If you are a teacher that would like to implement Moon Camp in a curriculum subject, have a look at this page with subject examples.

Moon Camp is a partnership between ESA and the national ESEROs and the Airbus Foundation. All teams that submit a project will receive a participation certificate and will be invited to the final online livestream event with an astronaut.

Fast Facts

  • Open for submissions from 11 September 2025 to 27 July 2026
  • Open for students up to 19 years old
  • For beginners to advanced, choose your own complexity
  • Choose your space location and the design tool of your choice
  • Submit a project description, image(s) of the design and optionally other supporting links
  • Teams are rewarded with a certificate, a spot in the project gallery and an invitation to the online livestreamed event with an astronaut

Quick links

For more information, submission guidelines and eligibility criteria, go to:

For teachers interested in using Moon Camp in the curriculum, go to:

To get inspiration from submitted projects of other teams, go to:

To login/register in the platform and submit a project, go to:

Watch back the webinar recordings from edition 2024/2025

The Moon Camp Webinar was held on 12 February 2025. Click here for more information and to watch back the recording:

The Moon Camp Astronaut Q&A was held on 13 June 2025. Click here  to watch back the recording:

How to start your project

1) Learn more about Moon Camp

Learn more about the project and guidelines

2) How to fit Moon Camp in the curriculum?

Includes examples for teachers who want to implement Moon Camp in the curriculum

3) Choose your space location

Decide where your habitat is going to be located in the Solar System

4) Choose your design tools and techniques

Decide how you would like to create and build your space habitat

5) Access classroom resources and materials

Learn more about the space environment and available tutorials, teacher guides and multimedia

6) Get inspired by other teams

Get inspired with these amazing projects designed by teams from all over the world.

Questions?

For any questions, consult the FAQ section or send an email to moon.camp@esa.int

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