The USAF Space and Missile Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base . The Phillips Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base , Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Naval Research Laboratory runs the Naval Center for Space Technology . The Intelligence Community . The Aerospace Corporation maintains some interesting educational aids on space-related topics.
Many universities offer degrees in astronautical engineering or a closely-related field.
Many programs in Aerospace Engineering have an astronautics specialty. The yahoo search engine includes a page of Space Education Departments . The Air Force Institute of Technology 's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Astronautical Engineering, and an M.S. degree in Space Operations. The Auburn University Department of Aerospace Engineering offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering. The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering.