Mars Science Laboratory Lands Safely on Mars!

  • On August 6, 2012
History was made the night of August 5th with perfect execution of an autonomous landing sequence to bring the Mars Science Laboratory safely to the surface of Mars. After leaving Earth November 26, 2011 and traveling 352 million miles, the Mars Science Laboratory will study whether the Gale Crater area of Mars has evidence of […]
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Dr. Sally Ride 1951-2012

  • On July 23, 2012
The California Space Grant Consortium is saddened with the passing of Dr. Sally K. Ride July 23, 2012, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Ride was the first American woman in space, with flights as mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 and 1984. She served as Director of the California […]
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Where Our Alumni Are Building Careers

  • On July 11, 2012
California Space Grant students have gained valuable experience through hands-on, real-world projects preparing them for excellence in a wide range of Science and Engineering fields. Our students have accepted positions at NASA/JPL as well as the aerospace industry, including SpaceX, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and General Atomics.
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2012 NASA Academy Interns

  • On July 11, 2012
The California Space Grant Consortium provided scholarships to nine students for NASA Academy internships this summer (2012): Samira Motiwala (NASA Glenn Research Center) Javier Gonzalez-Rocha (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) Steffi Valkov (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) Meagan Sung (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) Michael McCormack (NASA Langley Research Center) Tanya Das (NASA Jet Propulsion […]
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Women in Engineering: My Daughter is an Engineer

  • On July 9, 2012
To increase diversity in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), the California Space Grant Consortium supported this summer’s “My Daughter is an Engineer” program, July 6-8, 2012. This program is designed for high-performing middle school girls to explore the field of engineering. This year, the program had its highest participation yet with 19 […]
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Lincoln Middle School Students’ Opportunity with the International Space Station

  • On June 15, 2012
With funding from the California Space Grant Consortium, Lincoln Middle School students have been given the opportunity to send a mini-laboratory, entitled “Fluids Mixing Enclosure”, to the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP). This experiment will be sent to the ISS this fall aboard the first operational […]
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Jim Arnold Lecture 2012

  • On April 18, 2012
On Friday, May 4, 2012 the 2012 Jim Arnold lecture featuring Planetary Scientist Ralph Harvey, Ph.D. of the Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University will take place. He will be speaking on “Antarctic Meteorites: Sifting the Sands of the Solar System”.
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Free Faculty Workshop at NASA Kennedy Space Center: July 19th & 20th, 2012

  • On March 31, 2012
We are pleased to announce the 2012 Exploration Space Grant Faculty Workshop to be held July 19 & 20 at Kennedy Space Center. The workshop will cover the newly developed and tested senior design course “Hybrid Rocket Experiment Station for Capstone Design” as well as the NASA Systems Engineering Process, senior design projects, and incorporating […]
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NASA Calls for Student-Designed Deep Space Habitat Proposals

  • On March 28, 2012
HOUSTON — NASA is offering college and university students a chance to help design a deep space habitat. The Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge is accepting applications for the 2013 challenge, inviting students to design, manufacture, assemble and test systems for use on NASA’s deep space habitat prototype.
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