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Sandy Canfield

mentor and students talking

Apr 25, 2019

Inaugural SPACE Symposium a Great Success

Turnout far exceeded expectation, making this first symposium a big success.

Apr 11, 2019

Despite Weather, Many Star Party Events Will Go Forward

Statewide Star Party events invite the public to join professional astronomers and volunteers in exploring the night skies.
Astronaut Koch trains for the launch.

Mar 11, 2019

North Carolina Space Grant Scholar Launches to ISS

By Katelyn Vause Christina Hammock Koch, an NC State alumna, NASA astronaut and recipient of a North Carolina Space Grant undergraduate research scholarship, will launch to the International Space Station…
Astronomer Brian Baker

Mar 1, 2019

Second Statewide Star Party Event Coming to Eastern NC

The second Statewide Star Party event will take place Thursday, March 7 in Windsor, NC, as part of NC Science Festival and Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond.
oyster reef

Feb 12, 2019

New Mapping Tool Identifies Sites for Re-establishing Oyster Reefs

By Tracey Peake, NCSU News North Carolina Space Grant, North Carolina Sea Grant, the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship and the National Science Foundation provided funding for this research. Photo…
Astronomer Brian Baker

Feb 4, 2019

NC’s Outer Albemarle Peninsula Offers an Ideal Nightscape

Astronomer Brian Baker (above) will participate in the Nightscape project’s first free public Star Party on Feb. 5, 6 to 9 p.m., at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. Photo courtesy of A Time…
FIRST LEGO League team, the Space Invaders, show their medals

Jan 22, 2019

Local Students Talk to NASA Astronaut, Build Robots

Above photo: David Drive Middle School students and members of the local FIRST LEGO League team, the Space Invaders: Back row, left to right: Advisor Hemlata Kothawale, Navya Alva, Arya…

Jan 22, 2019

Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond Kicks Off!

NC Museum of Natural Sciences Hosts Astronomy Days Jan. 26-27 and Begins Statewide Apollo Lunar Landing 50th Anniversary Celebrations.

Jan 14, 2019

NC Space Grant Offering Two Pre-Symposium Presentation Workshops

In conjunction with the North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), NCSU Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services, and the NC State Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC Space…
Previous graduate fellowship recipients Melinda Martinez and Emily Ury take greenhouse gas emission measurements in a forested wetland.

Dec 11, 2018

NC Sea Grant – NC Space Grant 2019 Fellows Selected

The 2019 North Carolina Sea Grant – NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellows will identify early warning signs of “ghost forests” forming, using drones and remote sensing technology. Melinda Martinez…