National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award
The National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize individuals
whose life and career have had a long lasting impact in a science, engineering or education
field that is related to aeronautic, aviation, or space endeavors. The inaugural award
was presented in 2003 to former Senator and Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd M. Bentsen for his
visionary work in creating the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Act.
The 5th National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was presented
at a reception and banquet on February 28, 2007 at the The Watergate Hotel, in Washington, DC to
Captain John W. Young.
Dr. Thomas D. Jones, former NASA Astronaut,
was the key note speaker at the banquet and received the award on behalf of Captain John W. Young whom was
unable to attend.
Space Grant News
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NASA Systems Engineering Workshop 22 Apr 2008 - Texas Space Grant NASA/JSC and the Texas Space Grant are hosting a System Engineering Workshop for University faculty on August 5th and 6th at NASA/JSC. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss NASA's need for highly qualified systems engineers and to disseminate an undergraduate systems engineering curriculum to interested universities operating within NASA’s Space Grant Consortia. |
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Dr. Andrew Arena Recieves AIAA Faculty Advisor Award 12 Feb 2008 - Oklahoma State University Dr. Andrew Arena, Deputy Director of the Oklahoma Space Grant, professor and Maciula Chair in Engineering at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University received the Faculty Advisor Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for 'promotion and dedication to aeronautics education in Oklahoma' |
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Montana Space Grant students build satellite for 50th anniversary of Explorer-1 30 Jan 2008 - Montana State University Montana State University students who only know about the Cold War from history books plan to launch a satellite later this year to commemorate the country's first successful satellite. Explorer-1 is being built by the Space Science and Engineering Lab and its students for the Montana Space Grant Consortium. The satellite will hold instruments to detect radiation and a power supply to run those instruments. It will also contain one of the original Van Allen Geiger tubes that Van Allen provided MSU a few months before he died. |
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Washington Space Grant Students Lauch Student Built Rocket to 5000 ft 17 Oct 2007 - Washington Space Grant Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium launches its first rockets, on Oct 13, 2007. A group of 2 undergraduates, 1 graduate student, and 2 professors from Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington joined the Washington Rocketry Association at Mansfield, WA to launch its first student build rocket payloads to about 5000 ft. |