Space Club uses the Launchpad curriculum to build student confidence and interest in STEM along with foundational skills to successfully launch youth towards more rigorous STEM programming. Through project-based, standards-aligned STEM activities, middle school students are transformed into a team of astronauts challenged to complete 10 missions centered around a journey to the Moon. Student teams work through engineering design challenges, apply science concepts, develop 21st century learning skills, and learn STEM career and real-world connections.