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A team about to launch their high altitude balloon

May 29, 2026

North Carolina Community Colleges Fly High in the Annual High-Altitude Ballooning Challenge

In early March, teams from across the state assembled at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, NC to compete in the 2024 North Carolina Space Grant Community College High-Altitude Ballooning Challenge (HABC). Awards were given in various categories, such as Highest Altitude and Best Photo, with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s team taking home the Best Overall Team award.

Large screen and an audience looking toward it.

May 11, 2026

NC Space Symposium Highlights Pathways to the Space and Aerospace Industries

Raleigh, N.C. – The 2026 North Carolina Space Symposium, hosted at the McKimmon Conference and Training Center, brought together students, researchers, and industry leaders for a day highlighting innovative research,…

image: Former Sea to Stars fellow Colleen Brown (right) after presenting her research to former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (left).

Apr 15, 2026

NOAA’s National Knauss Program Selects Former Sea to Stars Fellow Colleen Brown

As the new April 27 application deadline approaches for this year’s Sea to Stars Fellowship, former fellow Colleen Brown is about to begin federal service through a highly selective national program.

image: former joint North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow Melinda Martinez.

Dec 10, 2025

Early Warnings

A former joint North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow is pioneering a new method that will inform planning.

image: A poultry operation floods after Hurricane Florence in 2018.

Nov 25, 2025

Mapping the Impacts of North Carolina’s Poultry Industry

A former joint North Carolina Sea Grant and NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellow has been studying sources of nutrient pollution in the lower Cape Fear River basin, investigating water quality changes during the past two decades.

Nov 20, 2025

Industry Day at Collier Aerospace

Fellows, scholars, and interns supported by NC Space Grant had the unique opportunity to visit Collier Aerospace, with its engineering services office located in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Collier is seeking…

image: A North Atlantic right whale generated by A.I.

Oct 29, 2025

Deepfake Whales Could Be Key Conservation Tool

A former NC Space Grant Research Scholar explores how AI-generated images of rare species could improve efforts to understand, monitor, and protect them.

Red robotic submarine submerged in a shallow pool

Oct 12, 2025

NC Space Grant Congratulates 2024-2025 Student Competition Teams

North Carolina Space Grant (NC Space Grant) congratulates twelve student teams that competed in the 2024-2025 national competitions either sponsored or sanctioned by NASA or another science technology, engineering, and…

Jul 30, 2025

Zena Cardman to Lead SpaceX Crew 11

Astronaut Zena Cardman, keynote for NC Space Grant Symposium in 2021 and NC Space Grant supported scholar, will launch this week as mission commander for SpaceX Crew 11. Liftoff is…

Nov 27, 2024

NC Space Grant Announces 2024-2025 MSI STEM Bridge and Pathways Scholars

North Carolina Space Grant presents its new cohort of Minority Serving Institution (MSI) STEM Bridge Scholars and MSI STEM Pathways Scholars.