National Security Space Institute
The National Security Space Institute (NSSI) is the U.S. Space Force’s premier source for space continuing education, complementing existing space education programs at Air University, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.
NSSI coordinates closely with an array of education partners to fulfill its unique mission of providing in-residence, online, blended, and mobile space professional continuing education to over 5,200 Department of Defense (DoD) students, U.S. goverment entities, and International partners annually. NSSI is proud to have expanded its international education beyond Five Eyes Alliance (FVEY) to 55 nations.
Vision
Educating and inspiring space warriors and leaders
Mission
Provide worldwide responsive and relevant space professional continuing education to the Department of Defense, U.S. government entities, and International partners in order to develop graduates with the intellectual capacity and agility to deter conflict, defend capabilities, and defeat aggression in the space domain.
History
2004: NSSI was created under Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) to provide space education and training to space professionals within the national security space community.
2009: NSSI realigned under Air University’s Eaker Center for Professional Development.
2016: NSSI realigned under Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT).
2020: NSSI realigned under U.S. Space Force (USSF).
Location
The NSSI resides on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, in the Moorman Space Education and Training Center (SETC), a learning facility named in honor of space warfare pioneer USAF General (Ret.) Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.
Courses: http://courses.nssi.space
Admissions: http://admissions.nssi.space
NSSI Space Weekly newsletter: http://spaceweekly.nssi.space
YouTube: youtube.com/user/thenssi
USSF STARCOM Delta 13 (higher headquarters): https://www.starcom.spaceforce.mil
