NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Celebrates One Martian Year

  • On June 23, 2014
On June 24, 2014 NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover will complete one Martian Year of service, which is the equivalent of 687 Earth days. The primary goal of the mission was accomplished when it determined that Mars was once habitable for simple, microbial life forms. The rover sampled material from two mudstone slabs located on the […]
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Boeing Info Session @ UC San Diego: April 29, 2014

  • On April 23, 2014
The UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Corporate Affiliates Program and the California Space Grant Consortium invite students to attend an info session: “Careers in Next Century Structures Design Engineering” Speaker: Susan Paish, Chief Engineer of Structures Design, Boeing Commercial Airplanes When: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 from 5-7 PM Where: Qualcomm Conference Center, Jacobs Hall
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CaSGC Southern California Affiliate Meeting

  • On April 20, 2014
On Friday, April 18, 2014 the California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) held its Southern California affiliate meeting at University of California, Los Angeles. The meeting was attended by staff from NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, affiliates, partners, and students from the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego, and Sacramento, and […]
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CaSGC Undergraduate Engineering Seminar 5/21/14

  • On April 19, 2014
  • Engineering, Undergraduate Engineering Seminar
The California Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce the eighth in a series of  Undergraduate Engineering Seminars, designed to introduce undergraduate students to funded research opportunities. Upcoming seminar will be Wednesday, May 21, 2014 @ 3:00PM Speaker: Phuong Truong, Structural Engineering,  UCSD Where: UC San Diego’s Jacobs Hall, Room 2512, Henry G. Booker Room
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NASA Scholarship Opportunities-Apply Now

  • On April 17, 2014
The NASA Office of Education Scholarship and  NASA Aeronautics Scholarship have been announced. Students are invited to apply for these exciting opportunities now. Applications are due by May 16, 2014.
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CaSGC Bay Area Affiliate Meeting

  • On March 30, 2014
On Friday, March 28, 2014 the California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) held its affiliate meeting at NASA Ames Research Center. The meeting was attended by NASA Ames Office of Education staff, affiliates and partners from the Bay Area, Central Valley, and Southern California along with their students, and CaSGC Headquarters staff.
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Be a Mentor and Make a Difference

  • On March 11, 2014
The California Space Grant Consortium is proud to assist the community of Clairemont in recruiting college students to act as mentors for The Students Spaceflight Experiment Program offered through the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education.
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New NASA Online Systems Engineering Course

  • On February 21, 2014
Space Systems Engineering, a new massive open online course or MOOC from NASA and the Saylor Foundation, launches on Monday, March 3, 2014. The six-week general-audience course is available to the public at no cost and provides a unique opportunity to learn from and alongside NASA’s engineers. Students who participate can earn a free certificate.
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