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Design a habitat in space with Moon Camp

Explore the immense possibilities of space exploration with your team

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Participate in Moon Camp and design a space habitat!

Take on a new space adventurer role with your team and design a habitat on the lunar surface or go beyond the Moon and explore other worlds in our Solar System. Select the topic and format that best fits your team and get creative! Your project can range from:

  • a scientific experiment
  • a hands-on project
  • a design of space infrastructures
  • a game-based design
  • a 3D design of an astronaut base
  • a 3D printed model
  • a virtual or augmented reality world

 

… and much more!!

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

Level: beginners to advanced, your team chooses how complex the project will be

 Age range: up to (and including) 19 years old

 Language: language of their choice

 Submission format: short description of the project, including supporting elements such as images, or a video, or a 3D design object.

 Registrations: open from 10 September 2024 to 28 April 2025 (23:59 CEST).

 Mid-year online event with a space expert: January or February 2025, open to all interested students and teachers.

 Final online event with an astronaut: May or June 2025, open to all the participants that submitted a project.

  Submitted projects are published in the Project Gallery.

 Certificates: All teams will receive a participation certificate once the project is published in the project gallery.

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.

Learn more about life in space with ESA’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen!  #ISSCommandersLog 

Learn more about the space environment

Prepare your students for their Moon Camp project with our useful educational resources. You can find 3D design tutorials for Tinkercad and Fusion 360, curricular classroom resources covering a wide range of STEM topics, videos with space experts, interesting moon animations and much more!

Resources are available in multiple languages, as well as closed captions for videos. 

Visit the Resources page to find out more.

Classroom Resources
Animations
Tutorials
Meet the Experts

Moon Camp Challenge Project Galleries 2022- 2023

Get inspired with these amazing projects designed by teams from all over the world during last year’s edition.

Questions?

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