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“Universe In The Park”
Summer 2025

People

  • Dr. Daniel J. Stevens

    Dr. Daniel J. Stevens

    Dr. Dan Stevens, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of Minnesota Duluth, is UMD’s representative to the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium. His research group uses ground- and space-based observations to characterize eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanets to high precision and accuracy, using them to study open problems in […]Read More »

Projects

  • Stratospheric Ballooning Team at the U of MN – Twin Cities

    Stratospheric Ballooning Team at the U of MN – Twin Cities

    Since 2007 the MnSGC at the U of MN – Twin Cities has engaged students in building “near-space-craft” (AKA “payloads”) and using weather balloons to loft them into the stratosphere where the conditions (and the view!) are much like outer space. Student-built payloads carry cameras, microcontroller-logged sensor suites, gps systems, tracking radios, and more. Participants […]Read More »

News & Events

  • High-Power Rocketry Competition Set for May 17-18, 2025

    High-Power Rocketry Competition Set for May 17-18, 2025

    Minnesota Space Grant is hosting both a Rocketry Competition and a Rocketry Challenge on the weekend of May 17-18, 2025. Saturday, May 17: The first day runs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Akerman Hall at the University of Minnesota (110 SE Union St, Minneapolis), with safety checks and competition team oral presentations to […]Read More »
  • Occasional stratospheric weather balloon launches throughout the year.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.

Affiliates of NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium

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

Minnesota Space Grant

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Minneapolis MN 55455
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