Caitlin Milera

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club – Huntsville, marking the second year in a row the group has made this donation to the ASGC.

The funds help provide a long-term K-12 STEM engagement plan for the state that leverages the ASGC’s connections to eight higher education institutions across Alabama, including two Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to offer scholarships and fellowships supporting dozens of STEM and education-focused undergraduate and graduate students each year.

Based at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the consortium was formed in 1989 when NASA implemented the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. It is a voluntary association of eight state research universities, along with other community colleges, as well as industry and government organizations. The mission of the ASGC is to inspire, enable and educate Alabama students to take up careers in space science, aerospace technology and allied fields to help ensure future U.S. leadership in space exploration and aerospace technology.

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Original Post Date: 10.17.25

Author Credit: Bud McLaughlin

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Congratulations! The following schools will compete in the 2025-2026 NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium’s Collegiate Rocket Launch at Richard Bong Recreational Park in Kansasville, WI on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Returning to defend their Grand Champion title is the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Competing in the 2025-2026 competition for the first time will be Alverno College and Lawrence University.

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Original Post Date: 10.20.25

Author Credit: WISGC

Simpson College students will have access to new funding, resources and professional development opportunities through a partnership with the Iowa Space Grant Consortium.

The Indianola private university announced this week it has joined the consortium, a NASA-affiliated organization committed to supporting education, research and outreach in STEM and other areas aligned with NASA interests.

“This is incredibly exciting news,” said Aswati Subramanian, Simpson associate professor of biology, in a news release. “Simpson students and faculty across disciplines now have access to funding opportunities for research projects, as well as resources to develop curricula that support the development of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills, with a focus on improving student outcomes.”

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Original Post Date: 10.16.25

Author Credit: Brooklyn Draisey

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Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Whitney Melick’s dream to build and launch her own projects into space got closer to reality after attending the Space Trek Academy at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Melick receives a congratulations from Andrew Gafford, who is a research and development engineer at the Space Trek Academy. (Photo: Embry‑Riddle/Whitney Melick)The sophomore Aerospace Engineering student spent four days in August at the Center for Space Education at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. There, she worked with more than a dozen college students to successfully launch and retrieve a weather balloon that carried a payload up to an altitude of 100,000 feet into the upper atmosphere.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Melick, who is from Bentonville, Arkansas. “The whole idea of the academy is that it is very student-led. We did all the planning, coding and construction of the weather balloon project ourselves.”

The Space Trek Academy, sponsored by NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium, teaches students about meteorology, telemetry, payload integration and different variables that NASA must consider during missions.

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Original Post Date: 10.3.25

Author Credit: Melanie Stawicki Azam

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Sioux City – Morningside University is proud to announce it has been awarded a $10,000 Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) Academic Project Grant to support its innovative project, EYES: Eye-tracking for Youth Engagement and Safety. This initiative will use advanced eye-tracking technology to better understand how students process critical information in aviation training environments, with the ultimate goal of improving instruction, performance, and safety.

Led by Harley L. Waters, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Aviation at Morningside, the EYES project will combine wearable eye-tracking devices with workload assessments to investigate the relationship between cognitive fatigue, stress, and performance in aviation students. By analyzing gaze behavior and attention management during simulated flight, the research team aims to identify patterns that contribute to both effective and ineffective performance.

“We are excited to bring eye-tracking technology into aviation research and education at Morningside,” said Waters. “This project gives our students the opportunity not only to participate in the research but also to actively help conduct it—developing skills in data collection, analysis, and human factors methods that directly prepare them for careers in aerospace and STEM.”

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Original Post Date: 10.8.25

Author Credit: Morningside University

GHOST is a student-oriented research rocket that will be launched from Andøya Space in November 2025. It is a two-stage rocket that will fly up to an altitude of 248 kilometers as part of a larger research campaign organized by NASA.

In other words, it is a full-scale research rocket in a full-scale scientific
research campaign. What is special about GHOST is that the technological experiments it carries are not built by professionals, but by students from Norway, the USA, and Puerto Rico.

GHOST is a collaborative project between NASA and Andøya Space to foster cooperation among students across national borders. It is a unique opportunity to show students what they can experience should they choose a career in the space industry. The students will gain invaluable experience from a real rocket
mission and have the opportunity to make many new contacts within the space industry.

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Author Credit: Andøya Space

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1. Johns S, Wiegman E, Bakshi A, Gilroy S.The cyclic nucleotide-gated channels CNGC2 and CNGC4 support systemic wound responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.Front Plant Sci. 2025 Aug 21;16:1545065.PI: S. GilroyNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.Journal Impact Factor: 4.8

   Funding: “The authors are grateful for funding for this work from NSF MCB2016177, NASA 80NSSC21K0577 and 80NSSC19K0126, and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.”

Original Post Date: 9.2.25

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For 2025-26 academic year, Seton Hall University has been awarded four academic year fellowships for science, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) undergraduate students by the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC), a NASA-sponsored program.

Background

The New Jersey Space Grant Consortium was established in 1991 by a grant from NASA. The objectives of the consortium are to develop programs to further aerospace and STEM education, research, and development in New Jersey. For the 2025-26 academic year, NJSGC has awarded Seton Hall University four Academic Year Student Research Fellowships to administer.

Fellowship details

• The fellowship recipient must conduct research relevant to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or aerospace and fit into one of NASA’s missions as outlined on the website.
• The fellow must be a full-time student at Seton Hall University. A faculty member in Seton Hall must agree to supervise the research of the fellow.
• Seton Hall University has three fellowships to award in the 2025-26 academic year. The fellowship amount is $2,000 per student.

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Original Post Date: 9.19.25

Author Credit: Mehmet Alper Sahiner

Image Credit:  Seton Hall University