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Mars Mining Academy

The skills for space are learned on Earth, and the Academy is where you show you have them. Learn the work, prove it, get hired.

One track for every department. Each one is short modules written by us and checked against public sources like OSHA, NIOSH, NASA, USGS and the agencies that write the rules. Pass the quizzes and the final test, and you get a certificate with its own public page. Put the link on your resume or add it to LinkedIn in one click.

These are certificates of completion from Mars Mining, not academic credit or a license. They show you studied the material and passed an unproctored online test. Hands-on certifications like OSHA cards, a CDL, EPA 608 or CPR still come from the people who issue them.

Passing quizzes raises your rank in that track's department. Ranks only count in their own department; to earn rank somewhere else, reach R3 and transfer.

Jump to: Surface Ops · Drilling · Processing · Life Support · Oxygen · Rover Ops · Survey · Medical · Security · Comms · Command

Surface Ops Track: Site Work, Heavy Equipment and Hauling

The ground game: digging safely, running iron around people, moving loads legally, keeping a site on schedule and knowing what your foreman expects. Written for laborers, operators, drivers and anyone coming in from construction, the military or warehouse work.

Surface Ops covers the site, yard and logistics crews that every launch site, gigafactory and mine build needs.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Trenches and excavations: reading the cut before you get in · 20 min
Running iron around people · 20 min
Moving loads legally · 20 min
Keeping the site moving · 20 min
What your supervisor expects · 25 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Surface Operations Fundamentals

Drilling Track: Rigs, Well Control and Geothermal

How a rig makes hole, how mud keeps the well under control, what kills people on the floor and where drilling skills are headed next. For roughnecks, motormen, water-well and geotech drillers, and anyone moving over from oil and gas.

Drilling covers the crews who bore holes for water, resources, geothermal heat and core samples.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

How a rig makes hole · 15 min
Mud and well control · 15 min
Staying alive on the floor · 15 min
Where drilling is headed: geothermal · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Drilling Fundamentals

Processing Track: Mineral Processing, Refining and Recycling

How rock becomes metal and old batteries become new ones: crushing, separation, leaching, lithium, recycling and the lockout and confined-space rules that keep plant crews alive.

Processing covers mills, refineries, battery plants and recycling lines.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Crush, grind, separate · 15 min
Leaching, electrowinning and lithium · 15 min
Battery recycling · 15 min
Plant safety: lockout, confined space, chemicals · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Processing Fundamentals

Life Support Track: HVAC, Cooling, Water and Power

The systems that keep people and machines alive: refrigeration, data center cooling, water treatment and electrical safety. For HVAC techs, facilities crews, electricians and plant operators.

Life Support covers air, water, cooling and power systems, the same trades that run data centers, hospitals and factories.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

How refrigeration works · 15 min
Cooling data centers · 15 min
Water: treatment and recovery · 15 min
Electrical safety and backup power · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Life Support Fundamentals

Oxygen Track: Electrolysis, Gases and Pressure Systems

Making oxygen and hydrogen, separating air, handling cylinders and keeping high-pressure systems from hurting anyone. For plant operators, pipefitters, welders, gas techs and chemical process workers.

Oxygen covers electrolysis, industrial gases and the pressure systems that carry them.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Splitting water and CO2 · 15 min
Air separation and cylinders · 15 min
Hydrogen safety · 15 min
Pressure systems and pipefitting · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Oxygen and Industrial Gas Fundamentals

Rover Ops Track: Autonomy, Field Maintenance and Drones

How self-driving machines see and decide, how to fix them in the field, how to work safely around robots and drones, and how remote operations centers run fleets. For mechanics, techs, drone pilots and equipment operators.

Rover Ops covers autonomous vehicles, robots and drones, the crews who run and fix them.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Rover Operations Fundamentals

Survey Track: Geology, Geophysics, Mapping and Core

Finding what is in the ground and proving it: deposit types, geophysics, GNSS and lidar mapping, core logging and the reporting rules that decide whether a discovery is real. For geotechs, surveyors, drone mappers and field crews.

Survey covers exploration geology, land and aerial survey and resource data.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Rocks, deposits and critical minerals · 15 min
Seeing underground: geophysics · 15 min
Where exactly: GNSS, datums and lidar · 15 min
Core, QA/QC and proving it · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Survey and Exploration Fundamentals

Medical Track: First Response, Industrial Medicine and Space Health

What to do in the first minutes, how worksite medicine runs, how patient privacy and telehealth work and what space does to the human body. For EMTs, medics, nurses, first aid crews and safety staff. This track is not a license to practice and does not replace hands-on certification.

Medical covers first response, occupational health and remote care.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Field Medical Fundamentals

Security Track: Patrol, Access Control, Evidence and Emergency Response

Police-style site security: patrol and reports, access control and alarms, evidence and digital forensics, and running an emergency. For guards, veterans, corrections and police officers, dispatchers and security techs.

Security covers site security, investigations and emergency response for critical facilities.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Patrol and the report · 15 min
Access control, cameras and alarms · 15 min
Evidence and chain of custody · 15 min
Running an emergency · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Site Security Fundamentals

Comms Track: Spacecraft Links and Flight Software Basics

How spacecraft talk to the ground, how engineers decide whether a signal will get through, what the flight computer does with commands, and how the data is packaged. It is written for people new to the field: early-career folks and anyone switching in from IT, telecom, the military or software.

Comms covers avionics, embedded and flight software roles, the biggest group on the Mars Mining jobs board.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

The link: how spacecraft talk to Earth · 15 min
Decibels, antennas and the link budget · 20 min
The flight computer: commands, telemetry and fault protection · 15 min
Packets and protocols: how the data is packaged · 15 min
Final test · 30 min

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Spacecraft Comms Fundamentals

Command Track: Contracts, Money, Hiring and Planning

Running the outfit: how government contracts work, pricing and cash, hiring legally and well, and planning technical work so it actually ships. For foremen, supervisors, small business owners and anyone moving into management.

Command covers the leaders who win the work, pay the crew and keep the plan honest.

Locked · Unlocks at R3

Earns: Mars Mining Certificate in Operations Leadership Fundamentals