AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee
Designing where humans will live beyond Earth.
SpaceArchitect.org is an inclusive global network that promotes research and dialogue about human living in space — the theory and practice of space architecture.
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What is Space Architecture
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Space Architecture is the theory and practice of designing and building inhabited environments in outer space.
Orbital stations, lunar and planetary bases, habitats and vehicles, Earth-based analogs and design studios. The discipline brings together aerospace engineering, architecture and industrial design to ensure safety, sustainability, habitability and reliability, and the efficiency, productivity and comfort of a crew living in extreme environments.
Read the Millennium Charter
Featured projects
Habitats, stations and cities beyond Earth.
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RegoLight lunar base · LIQUIFER Systems Group
Latest news
What the community is working on.
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Community
A network for the people who design for space.
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Symposia & conference sessions
Space architecture sessions at ICES, IAC and the AIAA forums, plus our own Space Architecture Symposium bringing students and professionals together.
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Bibliography & open archive
A maintained bibliography and open archive of space-architecture papers and articles, from the Millennium Charter to current research.
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Become a Space Architect
The first-line FAQ for anyone interested in the field: study paths, skills, and how to get involved with the committee.
Who we are
The Space Architecture Technical Committee
SATC is an international network of professionals and one of the technical committees of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
We develop space architecture as a professional field. That includes practice standards and the links between aerospace engineering, architecture and industrial design. Members are formally nominated and accepted, and must be current members of the AIAA.
Where to meet us
Sessions, symposia and exhibitions.
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ICES
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Space architecture sessions every summer. Latest edition: Puerto Rico, 2026.
IAC
International Astronautical Congress
SATC-organised sessions and networking at the world’s largest space conference.
SAS
Space Architecture Symposium
Our own periodic symposium. Recent editions: Sydney 2025, Milano 2024.
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Follow the community
News, calls for papers, events and projects from space architects around the world — follow SpaceArchitect.org where you already are.
Join us
Join the community of space architects.
Members are nominated and accepted from across aerospace engineering, architecture and industrial design. Not a member yet? Start with the guide, follow the news, or come to the next symposium.