Analog Astronaut Training Center

The Analog Astronaut Training Center (AATC) is a private company that accelerates scientific studies related to human spaceflight. Our organization specializes in human physiology research and provides operational training for scientists, engineers, and astronaut candidates. AATC was founded by former European Space Agency professionals.

About

The company was established on July 1st, 2014. We organized our first analog mission in 2016. In 2018, the company established a laboratory to simulate space environments for scientific experiments focused on space biology and medicine. The facility is located in the southern part of Poland. Besides scientific projects, co-supervision of BSc, MSc, and PhD theses, AATC organizes scuba diving training, military-grade human centrifuge training, rocket workshops, stratospheric missions, and scientific lunar and Martian analog simulations.

Programs offered by AATC

Analog Simulations

In 2023, the company successfully organized 75 analog simulations with more than 350 people trained. This gives AATC the second position in the world considering the number of organized expeditions. Most of the trained analog astronauts continue their careers in the space sector. AATC helps them develop and grow by publishing their work on international platforms, by sharing valuable international contacts and collaborations, and involving them in multiple ongoing space projects.

• Lunar and martian analog simulations in the habitat
• Habitat systems and mission operations

Upcoming missions in 2024

Science

• Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral thesis research
• Grant application support
• Scientific publications
• Scientific conferences
• Scientific projects
• Scientific experiments
• Patents

Education

• Junior Space Camps
• Rocket Workshops
• 1-week and 2-week-long international space science internships for students

Bioastronautics Training

• Land Exploration Spacesuit training
• Spacesuit technician training
• Robotic operations and Human Robotic support in extreme environments

Water Trainings

• Underwater Pressurized Spacesuits trainings
• Recreational Scuba Diving trainings - certified by PADI, NAUI and IANTD
• Technical Scuba Diving trainings - certified by PADI
• Underwater EVA pre-familiarization - collaboration with International Institute for Astronautical Sciences and Survival Systems USA in Groton, CT, USA
• H.U.E.T. trainer and sea survival

Aviation Trainings

• Human centrifuge training course - collaboration with Military Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Warsaw, Poland
• Hyperbaric, Hypobaric and Thermal chambers - collaboration with Military Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Warsaw, Poland
• Skydiving courses

Medical Trainings

• Tactical Combat Casualty Care medical courses - with former special-forces operators
• Extreme Medicine courses

Expeditions

• Svalbard, Arctic
• Trips to Bajkonur, Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, Technik Museum Speyer (for Buran), National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, European Astronaut Center

People

Programs in development

• Plane pilot training course - from PPL(A) to CPL(A)
• Helicopter pilot training course - from PPL(H) to CPL(H)
• Soyuz water egress and contingency survival (fire, depress, chemical fumes)
• Exoskeleton training course
• Fire fighting - collaboration with Fire Department Academy
• Ophthalmology and emergency eye surgery
• Emergency surgery courses
• Dental emergencies
• Speleology courses
• 3D printing for space applications course
• Aerospace engineering and astronautics course
• ISRU development course
• e-learning platform for "reversed classes" for all of our training courses