Training program
Ready, not rushed
Training scales with the mission. Every programme is led by the crew you'll fly with and signed off by a flight surgeon.
Suborbital readiness
1 week on site
Most of the preparation happens in the four days before launch, at the spaceport, alongside your crew.
4 weeks out01
Remote preparation
- Medical questionnaire
- Fitness self-assessment
- Video ground school (3 h)
T−4 to T−3 days02
Ground school
- Vehicle walkthrough
- Emergency egress
- Comms protocol
- Seat-harness drills
T−2 days03
G-tolerance
- Centrifuge profile at mission peak G
- Anti-G straining technique
- Suit fit
T−1 day04
Flight readiness
- Medical check
- Weather briefing
- Full dress rehearsal on the pad
Orbital qualification
6–12 weeks
A structured residential programme at Equinox and Amami covering systems, survival and living in microgravity.
Weeks 1–201
Systems & medicine
- Spacecraft systems
- Space physiology
- Full orbital medical
Weeks 3–402
Survival
- Sea survival
- Desert survival
- Fire & depressurisation drills
Weeks 5–603
Living in orbit
- Station mock-up overnights
- Hygiene, sleep & food systems
- Parabolic flights
Weeks 7–804
Mission simulation
- Full-duration simulator run
- Docking rehearsal
- Crew integration & quarantine
Lunar qualification
14–16 weeks
Builds on orbital qualification with deep-space operations, radiation protocols and long-duration simulation.
Weeks 1–601
Orbital foundation
- Complete orbital qualification syllabus
Weeks 7–902
Deep-space operations
- Trans-lunar navigation basics
- Communication delays
- Storm-shelter drills
Weeks 10–1203
High-G re-entry
- Centrifuge profiles to 7 G
- Skip-entry simulation
- Post-flight recovery
Weeks 13–1604
Mission simulation
- 10-day isolation simulation
- Lunar geology & photography
- Crew integration & quarantine