Teachers in Space, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization focused on stimulating student interest in STEM fields by providing teachers with space science experiences and industry connections. They offer professional development workshops, spaceflight opportunities, and engineering-focused curriculum. Inspired by NASA's original Teacher in Space program, they aim to reignite the passion for space exploration in classrooms, preparing students for careers in the space industry with support from partners like NASA and the Airbus Perlan Project.
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Elizabeth Kennick is President of Teachers In Space, Inc. and provides teachers and students with tools to build and fly CubeSat payloads to democratize access to space-based experimentation.
Teachers In Space helps close the gap between classroom theory and orbital operations by enabling hands-on CubeSat payload development for educators and students.
The 2022-10-01 Alpha launch carried three satellite payloads: a 3U educational cubesat Teachers in Space (TIS)-Serenity, a 3U NASA technology demonstration cubesat TechEdSat-15, and PicoBus, a deployer from the Libre Space Foundation carrying five PocketQube picosatellites.
Researchers from Villanova’s College of Engineering programmed a single-board computer to serve as a node for the Ethereum Private blockchain on a cubesat scheduled to be launched in December with Teachers in Space on Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket.
Villanova University College of Engineering is collaborating with Teachers in Space, Inc. to launch a private blockchain satellite experiment.
The New Shepard vehicle on the 2019-05-02 flight will include a standardized framework of flight hardware developed by Teachers In Space for future student-designed space experiments.