NASA L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy (MCA)
Virtual 15-week program where students work in teams to develop mission concepts for NASA. Focuses on systems engineering, project management, and technical design.
The Lucy Mission's L'SPACE Program is a free, online, interactive experience open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing a career within NASA or other organizations in the space ecosystem.
Fully funded by NASA, through its Lucy mission, the L'SPACE Program offers rigorous, deep technical training in mission planning and proposal writing.
Since its inception in 2018, 16,618 participants from over 1,045 US colleges and universities from all 50 states have gone through the program.
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