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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

  • Joseph B. Habeck

    Joseph B. Habeck

    Joseph (Joey) is currently working with NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant High-altitude Ballooning Team on a project that aims to characterize the particulate content of the stratosphere. Specifically, he is supporting the development of a low-cost particulate-measuring payload that uses an optical particle counter to perform in-situ particulate measurements. His role then includes using the resulting […]Read More »

Project Spotlight

  • University of Minnesota SmallSat Team – SOCRATES launched successfully!

    University of Minnesota SmallSat Team – SOCRATES launched successfully!

    The U of MN SmallSat team in the Twin Cities delivered their first 3-U CubeSat called SOCRATES (Signal Opportunity CubeSat Ranging And Timing Experiment System) and it was successfully carried to the ISS on the NG-12 launch of a Cygnus rocket from NASA Wallops in Virginia on Nov. 2, 2019.  SOCRATES is the first Minnesota-student-built […]Read More »

News/Events Spotlight

  • Freshman Seminar on Airships at U of MN – Twin Cities

    Freshman Seminar on Airships at U of MN – Twin Cities

    Freshmen students in AEM 1301: Lighter-Than-Air RC Vehicles built and flew multiple styles of RC blimps, including one rigid airship, during the fall of 2019. The class exhibited some of the vehicles they built in the Balas Atrium of Akerman Hall on Dec. 10. Photo Credits: CSERead 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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