ITA student program ITA Student Outreach Program ITA is committed to the future of space development and education. In 1990, ITA created a successful student hands-on outreach program which allows students to develop and fly their own experiments in space. Over 30 educational institutions in the U.S. and internationally have flown their own experiments through ITA's donation of hardware and space access. Usually, one teacher or one student interfaces with ITA to design the experiment and document the materials to be flown and the experimental protocol.
Some schools involve corporate affiliates to assist in design and to supply flight materials.
Students participate in many aspects of the experience. ITA handles all of the NASA integration and documentation. The students benefit in many ways. It gives young people a unique real-life learning experience and it communicates the benefits of space and science to many young people. ITA is now expanding its existing student program to include additional U.S. and international corporate sponsors.