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Space Internships and Co-ops

internship and co-op jobs are open today, at 69 employers in US states and abroad. Read every night from the job boards of the employers and agencies that post them, each with its full posting and the pay it states; the most come from European Space Agency (ESA) (164), Thales Alenia Space (118) and ArianeGroup (100).

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Internships by kind of job

Each kind's open internship and co-op jobs and the median hourly pay of the ones that state it (the middle of each posted range).

Space Internships and Co-ops by state

Every state with internship and co-op jobs open today. Each page lists them by kind of job.

Employers with the most internship and co-op jobs

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Once a week, the newest roles from the space companies we follow, each with its full posting and pay. Free, stop anytime.

Frequently asked questions

When do space companies post internships?

Summer programs open in the late summer and fall of the year before and many fill by early spring; co-ops and fall or spring terms run on their own calendars. Titles that name a term (Summer 2027, Fall 2026) are grouped by term above, so you can see which programs are still taking applications.

Who can apply to a space internship?

Most ask for a student enrolled in a degree in the field, often a set year or GPA, and many defense and launch programs ask for US citizenship or US-person status because the work is export-controlled. Each posting states who it is open to.

Are space internships paid?

Nearly all of them. The internship and co-op jobs open today that state an hourly rate post a median of $26.75 an hour for programs & business, $30 an hour for software & IT, $30 an hour for systems & test, $30.53 an hour for mechanical and $32 an hour for flight software (the middle of each posted range). An intern's pay is usually quoted by the hour, and some programs add housing or a relocation stipend.

Which employers have the most internship and co-op jobs?

Of the jobs open today, the most are at European Space Agency (ESA) (164), Thales Alenia Space (118), ArianeGroup (100), CNES (French space agency) (84) and The Aerospace Corporation (41).

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