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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

  • Mike Alves

    Mike Alves

    Mike Alves in an alumnus of Augsburg University, where he studied Chemistry. In 2015, he researched human breath using mass spectrometric techniques, looking for and successfully identifying major breath compounds that are biomarkers for bodily processes. Currently, he is at the University of California-San Diego pursuing a PhD in Analytical and Atmospheric Chemistry, funded for […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • U of MN – Duluth’s Bulldog Rocketry Team

    U of MN – Duluth’s Bulldog Rocketry Team

    The Bulldog Rocketry Team from the University of Minnesota – Duluth designed and built a rocket, propelled by a student designed hybrid engine, to fly in the 30,000 ft class at the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).  Their rocket finished second in their category in this international rocketry competition. A link to a 14-minute video […]Read More »

News/Events Spotlight

  • MnSGC Intercollegiate Quadcopter Challenge

    MnSGC Intercollegiate Quadcopter Challenge

    The MnSGC is running an Intercollegiate Quadcopter Challenge for student teams from colleges and universities around the state. In this six-month-long activity the teams, plus their faculty advisor, will build a quadcopter from a kit, outfit it with camera(s) and microcontroller-logged sensors, then use it to “explore” an indoor area. An in-person fly-off will be […]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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P: 612-626-9295 | F: 612-626-1558

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