Spacesuit Design Contest Workshop

Need help or inspiration with your design for the Spacesuit Design Contest?

Join us for our NEW Free First Thursday drop-in workshops!

Museum staff will lead workshops to help contestants learn about different important parts of a spacesuit, ask questions, think through ideas and start to figure how to build their own spacesuits.

About Spacesuit Design Contest

For this contest, entrants must design and draw an original Spacesuit that follows the theme and all Contest requirements and rules. The top entrants in each category will then build their design as a wearable, but not functional, spacesuit.

The Top 5 Spacesuit designs in each category will be showcased in a Fashion Show on Saturday, June 27, 2026. A panel of judges will decide the winning design for each age category (four categories total) and the four winning designs will be showcased at Fashion in Flight in November 2026.

You may also like the following events from The Museum of Flight:

• This Saturday, 28th February, 02:00 pm, Valerie Neal Presents On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of U.S. Women Astronauts in White Center
• Next Thursday, 5th March, 05:00 pm, Free First Thursday Evening in White Center
• Next Thursday, 5th March, 05:30 pm, Winning Her Wings: A Living Voices Performance in White Center

Also check out other Contests in White Center, Workshops in White Center, Fashion Shows in White Center.