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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

  • Dr. Keith Stein

    Dr. Keith Stein

    Keith Stein is a professor in the Physics & Engineering Department at Bethel University. He has a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, with past research activities focusing on the modeling of parachute dynamics and fluid-structure interactions. He is currently involved in student-faculty studies of compressible flows and shock waves, including work on high-speed video imaging techniques.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 Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20

    The Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20

    The MnSGC and Tripoli MN, a local high-power rocket club, hosted the 2017-2018 Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition on May 19 & 20, 2018. In this competition college student teams were challenged to design, build, and fly a high-power rocket with “active roll/orientation control” using which they tried to quash roll, during one competition […]Read More »

Upcoming Events by (or of interest to) the MnSGC

  • Stratospheric weather balloon launch scheduled (weather permitting) for Monday, June 25.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.
  • Free Aerospace Workshop for Teachers (K-8), June 25-28, 2018, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, held at MnDOT offices at 222 E. Plato Blvd, St. Paul (plus field trips). Free aerospace materials and curriculum classroom kit (one kit per school).  24 CEU’s. For details contact Darlene Dahlseide, MnDOT Aeronautics, darlene.dahlseide@state.mn.us.

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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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