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Welcome! The Minnesota Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC) is part of the NASA Funded National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program established by Congress in 1988. Nationally, Space Grant is a network of 52 university-based statewide consortia (all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) with nearly 1000 affiliates.

People Spotlight

  • Christopher Stauffer

    Christopher Stauffer

    Chris Stauffer is from Cass Lake, MN and recently completed his STEM emphasis associates degree at Leech Lake Tribal College. He has participated in the high-powered rocketry program for three years, and with his help, the team won second place at the First Nation’s Launch twice. Chris has spent two summers working as a summer […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • University of Minnesota SmallSat Team

    University of Minnesota SmallSat Team

    The U of MN SmallSat team in the Twin Cities is currently working on two small satellite payloads named EXACT and SOCRATES. These are acronyms that stand for “Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing” and “Signal Opportunity CubeSat Ranging And Timing Experiment System,” respectively. EXACT is looking primarily at X-rays from the sun and SOCRATES […]Read More »

News/Events Spotlight

  • The Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20

    The Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20

    The MnSGC and Tripoli MN, a local high-power rocket club, hosted the 2017-2018 Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20, 2018. In this competition college student teams were challenged to design, build, and fly a high-power rocket with “active roll/orientation control” using which they tried to quash roll, during one competition […]Read More »

Upcoming Events by (or of interest to) the MnSGC

  • Regular stratospheric weather balloon launches over the rest of the summer.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.
  • Exhibit during “STEM Day” at the MN State Fair. Come see our exhibit tent in Dan Patch Park (near the Grand Stand) on opening day – Thursday, August 23, 2018.

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Affiliates of the MN Space Grant Consortium

  • Bemidji State University
  • Bethel University
  • Carleton College
  • Concordia College
  • Fond Du Lac Tribal Community College
  • Macalester College
  • Southwest Minnesota State University
  • St. Catherine University
  • University of Minnesota - Driven to Discover
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • University of St. Thomas

MINNESOTA SPACE GRANT

107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union St. SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0153
P: 612-626-9295 | F: 612-626-1558

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