Student Space Research Opportunities

Real Space Science on Earth

About DreamUp

DreamUp provides space-based educational programs to learners and educators. The first company bringing space into the classroom and the classroom into space, DreamUp is uniquely positioned to engage kids globally with the most cutting-edge space research and developments, and inspire them through scientific discoveries in orbital and suborbital space. DreamUp has a proven track record, having brought over 500 student research payloads worldwide to the International Space Station (ISS).

DreamUp works with student groups around the globe to ensure their experiments are approved for and manifested on SpaceX and Northrop Grumman rockets for launch to the ISS. Our team of experts has integrated hundreds of payloads through our special relationship with launch services provider Nanoracks and their Space Act agreement with NASA that allows access to the most advanced platforms on board the ISS. DreamUp endeavors to ensure that all student researchers can become the pioneers of space science, by providing the most comprehensive educational experience possible, supporting their scientific research and innovation efforts.

Let us take you to space

DreamUp's Offerings

Educator Resources

Bring space into your classroom today

Educators: you can bring space to your classroom with simple activities, or bring an entire professional development session to your school organization.

DreamKits

Reach for the stars from Earth

Learners can use these STEM kits can be used in classrooms, camps, and homes to replicate experiments conducted on the International Space Station.

Code in Space

Coding in an out-of-this-world context.

With DreamCoder and Because Learning, any class can use engineering design and coding to learn about their environment on Earth and the environment on the International Space Station.

DIY Payload

Experiments in Space

Utilizing Nanoracks’ hardware and access to space, students can design and launch their own experiments to low Earth orbit and beyond.

DreamUp Challenge

Become the best of the best.

DreamUp designs custom payload challenges with space agencies, school organizations, and regional STEM nonprofits. With organizations like DLR, the UAE Space Agency, and NASA, DreamUp designs impactful opportunities from the call for proposals to post-flight analysis.

Partnerships and Collaborations

The sky is not the limit

Have an idea for an educational collaboration in space that isn’t listed here? No problem! We can tailor any program to the needs of your organization.

To Space and Beyond

Space Services

DreamUp provides space-based education to all learners.

Launching Research

500+ experiments on the Space Station to date. Will you be next?

In Your Classroom

The first company dedicated to bringing space into the classroom, and the classroom into space.

Growing a Community

We’re creating an educational community where space-based projects are available to all students around the world.