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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

  • Josh Nelson

    Josh Nelson

    Josh Nelson is from Centerville, Minnesota, and majored in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He was active with both High-Altitude Ballooning Team and the Rocket Team at the U of M throughout his undergraduate career. He now works as a systems engineer at Boeing, supporting interface control for […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • Augsburg University’s Aerospace Club

    Augsburg University’s Aerospace Club

    Augsburg’s aerospace club seeks to spark students’ interests in the applications of physics, mathematics, computer science, and more, through real-world challenges, all while having fun doing so. Although currently focused on rocketry, they hope to soon broaden their work and become the Aerospace Engineering and Robotics Organization (AERO), which would encompass a broader range of […]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 cameras 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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107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union St. SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0153
P: 612-626-9295 | F: 612-626-1558

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