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  • Ryan Bowers

    Ryan Bowers

    Originally from Buffalo, MN, Ryan Bowers graduated from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. He participated in multiple MnSGC projects, including high-power rocketry and stratospheric ballooning. During his tenure he helped develop payloads for the solar eclipse in 2017 and maintained many of […]Read More »

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  • 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) in 2019.  Their rocket finished second in their category in this international rocketry competition. A link to a […]Read More »

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  • University of Minnesota Ballooning Team present eclipse trip results at AEM Open House

    University of Minnesota Ballooning Team present eclipse trip results at AEM Open House

    Eight students on the University of Minnesota Ballooning Team, plus Professor Flaten, flew weather balloons into the stratosphere above Indiana to observe the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, as part of NASA’s Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Program. At the AEM Department Open House on Oct. 22, 2024, ballooning students exhibited hardware and showed eclipse […]Read More »
  • Occasional stratospheric weather balloon launches throughout the year.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.

Affiliates of NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium

  • Bemidji State University
  • Bethel University
  • Carleton College
  • Fond Du Lac Tribal Community College
  • Macalester College
  • St. Catherine University
  • University of Minnesota - Driven to Discover
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • University of St. Thomas

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