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Sep 20, 2018

Engineering Campers Enjoy Space Activities and Live Q&A With Astronaut 

NC Space Grant visited a summer camp in Havelock, NC to give 50 elementary school students a chance to participates in a live Q&A with an astronaut.

Sep 10, 2018

NC Space Grant 2018-19 New Investigators Announced

North Carolina Space Grant is pleased to announce the selection of five recipients the New Investigators Program grant awards for the 2018-19 academic year. The New Investigators Program is designed…

Sep 4, 2018

Three New Funding Opportunities Announced

NC Space Grant Invites Proposals for Student Research and Training North Carolina Space Grant is pleased to announce the release of three funding opportunities for the 2018-2019 academic year. Community…

Aug 29, 2018

Lee Cannon Joins NC Space Grant, WRRI and NC Sea Grant Teams

Lee Cannon has joined North Carolina Space Grant as the new communications specialist in charge of crafting messaging and sharing outcomes of the program research, education and outreach to audiences across…

Aug 14, 2018

NC Space Grant and NC Sea Grant Announce 2018 Joint Fellowship Opportunity

North Carolina Sea Grant and North Carolina Space Grant are inviting applications for their third joint Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Jun 6, 2018

NC Pre-Service Educators Participate in 5-day MUREP Educator Institute at NASA Langley Research Center

During the week of June 4th, 2018 funding from NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) provided the opportunity for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to participate in a 5-day…

May 24, 2018

Former NC Space Grant Student Awardee is Going to Space!

NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch has been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. According to a recent NASA announcement, Astronaut Koch has been assigned to Expedition 59/60, which is set…

May 18, 2018

UNC-Charlotte Astrobotics Robotic Team Takes 3rd Place in NASA Robotic Mining Competition

The UNCC Astrobotics Robotic Team, the 49er Miners, took third place in the Caterpillar Autonomy Award at the 2018 NASA Robotic Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center on Friday May…

May 7, 2018

NC Space Grant Partners with RTI International to Support Drone Research Intern – The Future of Meaningful Research is Interdisciplinary

This past spring semester Maureen Catlow had the opportunity to intern at RTI International headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Maureen shared with us her thoughts about her…

Apr 30, 2018

Winners Announced from the 2018 Community College High Altitude Ballooning Team Challenge and Competition

It was a cloudy day but that didn’t stop our six community college teams from launching    at the 4th Annual Community College Team Challenge and Competition Launch Event sponsored…