NASA Center Internships are educational hands-on opportunities that provide unique NASA-related research and operational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. These internships integrate participants with career professionals emphasizing mentor-directed, degree-related, real-time world task completion. During the internship participants engage in scientific or engineering research, development, and operations activities. In addition, there are non-technical internship opportunities to engage in professional activities which support NASA business and administrative processes. Through these internships, participants leverage NASA’s unique mission activities and mentorship to enhance and increase their professional capabilities and clarify their long-term career goals. To explore opportunities and learn more, visit the NASA Internship Programs homepage and NASA Internships FAQs.

NASA Center Internships can be full or part-time, conducted at a NASA facility, contractor facility, or anywhere activities are ongoing to advance NASA’s missions. Mentors can be civil servants, contractors, or faculty conducting activities directly related to NASA’s unique assets and ongoing mission activities.

NASA Centers:

• Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility – Sandusky, Ohio
• Glenn Research Center – Cleveland, Ohio
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies – New York, New York
• Goddard Space Flight Center – Greenbelt, Maryland
• Mary W. Jackson NASA HQ – Washington D.C.
• Wallops Flight Facility – Wallops Island, VA
• Langley Research Center – Hampton, VA
• Katherine Johnson IV & V Facility – Fairmont, West Virginia
• Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida
• Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama
• Stennis Space Center – Hancock County, Mississippi
• Johnson Space Center – Houston, Texas
• White Sands Test Facility – Las Cruces, New Mexico
• Armstrong Flight Research Center – Edwards Air Force Base, California
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Pasadena, California
• Ames Research Center – Mountain View, California
• Vandenberg Space Force Base – Lompoc, California

MSGC strongly encourages you to apply early.  Some NASA internships are funded within the centers themselves; others require outside funding through Space Grant Consortia. Students who are funded at NASA Centers through MSGC are required to provide a report within 30 days after the end of their internship and will be encouraged to give a presentation about their experience – either a poster or a talk – at the MSGC Fall Conference following their internship.

Eligibility at a Glance

A common misconception is that NASA only offers engineering internships, but there are many opportunities for students who are not majoring in engineering. NASA needs employees with a variety of knowledge and skills. NASA’s engineers, mathematicians, scientists, accountants, writers, IT specialists, project managers, program analysts, and many other professionals work together to break barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible. Non-engineering interns may support a variety of business and program management work, including procurement, budgeting, accounting, information technology, and security.