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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

  • Magaly Perez

    Magaly Perez

    Magaly Perez (on the far right in the photo – Macalester class of 2014) was supported for two consecutive summers by the MnSGC. She worked on a project with co-PI R. Rogers that focused on the preservation of tiny vertebrate fossils in ancient Cretaceous rocks in Montana. Magaly recently completed her master’s degree in the […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • High-Powered Rocket Competition (LLTC)

    High-Powered Rocket Competition (LLTC)

    Rocketry teams from Tribal Colleges and Universities from around the country design, build, and fly rockets at the First Nations Launch in Kenosha, WI, organized by the Wisconsin Space Grant. Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) has competed annually since 2011-2012. Students complete a variety of science and engineering challenges. In 2016-2017, LLTC took second place […]Read More »

News/Events Spotlight

  • The Space Grant Midwest High-Power “Efficient Supersonic” Rocket Competition coming May 18-19, 2019

    The Space Grant Midwest High-Power “Efficient Supersonic” Rocket Competition coming May 18-19, 2019

    The MnSGC and Tripoli MN, a local high-power rocket club, will host the 2018-2019 Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 18 and 19, 2019. In this competition college student teams designed, built, and will fly high-power rockets that can go supersonic, but do so as “efficiently” as possible. Team presentations about rocket designs […]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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