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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

  • Akshay Naik

    Akshay Naik

    Akshay is a PSEO student working on projects in the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department at the University of Minnesota, especially the MnSGC’s High-Altitude Ballooning Lab and the Small Satellite (CubeSate) Lab. Akshay is passionate about satellite propulsion and energy efficiency via renewable sources like solar panels. Akshay is currently working on a project to […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • The Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition

    The Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition

    The MnSGC and Tripoli MN, a local high-power rocket club, are running the 2018-2019 Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition (where “Midwest” just indicates the location of the competition, which is open to college student teams from all around the nation). In this competition college student teams are challenged to design, build, and fly an […]Read More »

News/Events Spotlight

  • Midwest Region of Space Grant: Three “TED-style” presentations delivered on Friday, April 19

    Midwest Region of Space Grant: Three “TED-style” presentations delivered on Friday, April 19

    States from the Midwest Region of NASA’s Space Grant program held a videocon on April 19 containing three back-to-back “TED-style” presentations. The three topics for this videocon were (a) Teaching Introductory Physics Using High-Power Rocketry, (b) Doing Plant Genetics Research on the ISS, and (c) Using Rideable Hoverboards for “Astronaut Training.” See this flier for […]Read More »

Upcoming Events by (or of interest to) the MnSGC

  • Occasional stratospheric weather balloon launches throughout the year.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.

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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

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