Astronaut Training

Iceland GeoSpace offers astronaut training tours into the Icelandic northern highlands, to areas used during the 1960s to train the Apollo astronauts for their missions to the Moon. The lunar like landscapes in northern Iceland are natures ultimate geology classroom.

We offer both short excursions for people interested to learn how the Apollo astronauts prepared for the Moon, as well as full geology training for astronauts who want to further their skills, or people who aim at a carrer in space science.

Since 2013, we have welcomed 6 of the Apollo astronauts and 4 Space Shuttle astronauts to Iceland. We have also welcomed aspiring astronauts and astronaut candidates from around the world.