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Space Internships in the Washington, DC Area

28 open internships at 13 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Laurel, MD; typical pay runs $25.00–$48.56/hr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies offering internships in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Rocket Lab7$22.02/hr
The Aerospace Corporation5not stated
Johns Hopkins APL4$35.29/hr
Iridium2too few figures
Muon Space2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1not stated
Blue Origin1too few figures
Elveo Mobile1not stated
HawkEye 3601too few figures
Redwire1not stated
United Launch Alliance1not stated
Viasat1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Chantilly, VA8
  • Laurel, MD4
  • Silver Spring, MD4
  • Washington, DC3
  • Arlington, VA2
  • Germantown, MD2
  • Leesburg, VA2
  • McLean, VA2
  • Woodbridge, VA2
  • Herndon, VA1

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 22:02 UTC

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What people ask about space internships in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies are offering internships in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Rocket Lab (7 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (5 roles), Johns Hopkins APL (4 roles), Iridium (2 roles), Muon Space (2 roles), AeroVironment (AV) (1 role), and 7 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the space internships?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (8), Laurel, MD (4), Silver Spring, MD (4), Washington, DC (3), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space internships in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $31.01/hr, with typical pay from $25.00–$48.56/hr.

Do space internships in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title reads as an internship or co-op by the same rule as every space internship; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.