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Minnesota Space Grant logo - Outline of Minnesota Geographical Shape

Minnesota Space Grant Recruiting Summer 2026 Interns


AEM 1305 rockets in the classroom

Freshman seminar students display their high-power rockets


Rocket launching leaves trail of smoke

High-Power Rocketry Exhibit set for December 9, 2025


Cow-painted rocket launching from rail

Design, Build, and Launch High-Power Rockets


Cover of book "A City on Mars"

St. Catherine University to host author of “A City on Mars”


Universe in the Park (UitP) U of MN Astronomy Dept. outreach program logo

“Universe in the Park” Announces Summer 2025 Schedule


Team of rocketry students from U of M Twin Cities with rockets built for Midwest competition

High-Power Rocketry Competition Set for May 17-18, 2025


Grace Nelson with poster at MnSGC Student Symposium

Student Research Presented at MnSGC 2025 Student Symposium


Prof. Janet Iwasa

Sverdrup Lecture set for April 15 at Augsburg University


Stratospheric balloon stack at moment of parachute deployment

MnSGC Student Symposium on Saturday, February 22, 2025


Inflating three weather balloons for solar eclipse flights

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


Quadcopter in Flight - Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College

Minnesota Space Grant’s 2024-2025 Intercollegiate Challenge


High-Power Rocket launch photo (used for Midwest Competition fliers)

Competition Announcement: High-Power Rockets 


MnSGC stratospheric balloon inflation with Minneapolis Public Schools summer camp

UMN Ballooning Team flies payloads for Minneapolis summer school camps


Universe in the Park (UitP) U of MN Astronomy Dept. outreach program logo

“Universe in the Park” returns for Summer 2024


Telescope view of eclipsed sun

UMN Ballooning Team Returns From Total Eclipse


Stratospheric Ballooning Association (SBA) AHAC logo

Academic High-Altitude Ballooning Conference set for May 29-31 at St. Catherine University


MeM Equipment - ultra-high-speed X-ray diffraction

Minnesota Space Grant Recruiting Summer 2024 Interns


Prof. Bala Chaudhary

Augsburg’s Sverdrup Lectures set for April 15-16


Low-quality photo of solar eclipse (cell-phone photo?)

Eclipse Watch Parties on April 8


Ring of fire (annular solar eclipse) cell phone image

U of MN Ballooning Team Prepares for the April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse


Oral presentation at MnSGC Student Symposium

Research and Internships presented at MnSGC 2024 Student Symposium


Stratospheric balloon stack at moment of parachute deployment

MnSGC Student Symposium on February 24, 2024


Ring of fire (annular solar eclipse) cell phone image

Chasing the Moon’s Shadow


Stars and galaxy projections at a Night Songs concert

February 9 “Night Songs” Concert Projecting Celestial Images


First Nation Rocket Launch Competition Logo 2023

Leech Lake Tribal College Rocket Team Wins Two Awards


Ring of fire (annular solar eclipse) cell phone image

U of MN – Twin Cities: Eclipse Ballooning Trip to New Mexico. Oct. 11-16, 2023


Bethel University students with high-power competition rocket

Bethel University Rocket Club Wins Midwest Rocketry Competition Second Year in a Row


U of MN ballooning team leaving for New Mexico for annular solar eclipse

U of MN Ballooning Team Travels to Study Annular Eclipse


Snow-covered solar panels (stock photo)

Minnesota Space Grant Consortium announces Self-Cleaning Solar Station Intercollegiate Challenge


Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition logo

Competition Announcement: Unique NASA Opportunity to Design, Build, and Launch High-Power Rockets


St Catherine University students about to release a radiosonde weather balloon

NASA Selects St. Catherine’s Balloon Team for National Eclipse Project


Rocket motor test firing by Bulldog Rocketry (U of MN Duluth)

Launch Rockets with the University of Minnesota Duluth Rocketry Team


MSOE Midwest Competition rocket on the rail

Winners Announced for the Space Grant 2022-2023 Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition


Plant The Moon Plant Mars Challenge - Logo

Minnesota West wins “Best in Show Award: Experimental Design” in the Plant the Moon Challenge


MnSGC ballooning workshop weather balloon release August 18, 2021 (GL178A) (cropped)

UMN Twin Cities to be Pod Lead for NASA Eclipse Project


Prof. Sarah Keller

Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lectures April 10 and 11 at Augsburg University


Presenters at MnSGC 2022 Student Symposium

The 2023 MnSGC Student Symposium held April 1


Minnesota West - Plant The Moon Challenge - Seedling

Minnesota West College wins “Plant The Moon Challenge” award


Night Songs concert choir singing in the dark with star projections

MnSGC provides astronomy visuals for “Night Songs” concert


Webb First Deep Field image showing mostly galaxies

James Webb Space Telescope


Orion capsule splashdown from Artemis I flight

Artemis Orion Returns From Moon Mission


MnSGC ballooning workshop weather balloon release August 18, 2021 (GL178A) (full stack in view)

Solar Eclipse Ballooning Intercollegiate Challenge 2022-2023


High-Power Rocket launch photo (used for Midwest Competition fliers)

Competition Announcement: Unique NASA Opportunity to Design, Build, and Launch High-Power Rockets


Cow-painted rocket launching from rail

Space Grant Midwest Rocketry Competition Winners Announced


Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition logo

The Space Grant Midwest Rocketry “Return to Flight: Fleet Challenge” concludes on May 21 and 22


U of MN GLEAM Intercollegiate Challenge small rover

Winners announced for GLEAM Lunar Robotics Intercollegiate Challenge


Prof. Jennifer L. Ross

“Physics Lessons From Biology” – Lecture at Augsburg University


MnSGC 2022 Student Symposium exhibit photo with balloon rockets more

In-person exhibits included at the 2022 MnSGC Student Symposium


NASA (meatball) logo

NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium Student Symposium on March 26, 2022


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