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August 2019

Aug 29, 2019

Three Funding Opportunities Open, Including One Brand-New Scholarship

NC Space Grant has opened the STEM Bridge and Pre-Service Teachers Fellowship programs and the Team Experience Awards for applications.
Christina Koch, a NASA astronaut and the flight engineer on the International Space Station monitors an AstroBee robot. Photo © NASA Johnson Space Center via Flickr

Aug 8, 2019

NC Space Grant Scholar to Speak at NC State Via Downlink

NC State University and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics will host a live video Q&A on August 30 with NASA astronaut Christina Koch.
Raven Lauer in front of the Sikorsky CH53K King Stallion helicopter

Aug 5, 2019

High-Powered Rocketry Alumnus Takes Off In Dream Job

Raven Lauer's love of helicopters propelled him to join an NCSG-supported club, try NCSG's helicopter workshop and take flight as a test flight engineer.

A view of the Pamlico River from the Edgecombe Community College high-altitude balloon

Aug 1, 2019

Ballooning Teams Fly High Despite Weather

This view of the Pamlico River, taken from the Edgecombe Community College high-altitude balloon, won in the best photo or video competition category. Each year since 2015, the NC Space…