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Aug 13, 2025

NC Space Grant and Sea Grant Announce New Joint Fellow

The North Carolina Space Grant and Sea Grant programs are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025-26 joint research fellowship, Savannah Roth.

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…

Jul 29, 2025

NC Space Grant Announces 2025-2026 Faculty Research Recipients

North Carolina Space Grant is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 Faculty Research Grants. The selected faculty members will make research contributions in engineering, atmospheric science, astrobotany, and…

Jul 15, 2025

North Carolina Space Grant Selects 2025-2026 Graduate Research Fellows

North Carolina Space Grant congratulates its 2025-2026 graduate research fellows. Twenty two graduate students will conduct science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) research to benefit NASA, commercial space or the International Space Station. Students’ projects will investigate STEM topics such as carbon storage, microgravity, and black hole exploration.

Jul 7, 2025

A Star is Born

Read about star formation research by Sophia Kressy, an NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellow

Jul 2, 2025

NC Space Grant Congratulates 2025-2026 Undergraduate Research Scholars

North Carolina Space Grant is proud to announce its 2025-2026 undergraduate research scholars. Scholars will conduct exciting research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Jun 13, 2025

NC Space Grant Welcomes Crew 5 to the Space Education Ambassadors Program

NC Space Grant proudly announces the selection of 15 outstanding educators from 14 counties across North Carolina as members of the fifth cohort—Crew 5—of the North Carolina Space Education Ambassadors…

Jun 6, 2025

An NC Space Grant Funded Project Goes to Space

The students in Dr. Rafael Loureiro’s astrobotany lab launched an experiment on the recent Blue Origin’s all-female mission. Loureiro, head of the Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) Astrobotany Lab, received a…

May 15, 2025

NC Space Grant Scholar, David Warren, Earns First Place at 2025 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference

May 12, 2025

Heating Up: Modeling Hotspots on Aerospace Structures

Achieving flight is one of the greatest technological advancements of our time. At high speeds, aerodynamic forces such as drag can cause parts of the plane, such as regions on…