July 20, 2012NASA FSGC & Space Florida To Host Space Flight Payloads Workshop
The NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce its involvement in the 2012 Space Flight Payloads Workshop which is currently scheduled to take place March 23 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The conference will be held at the Florida Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida and is co-sponsored by Space Florida. Participants currently..
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July 20, 2012
McCall of Duty on Earth & Space
From “The Prowl – The Official Panthers Sports Blog” February 9, 2012 Former FIU quarterback Paul McCall has aspirations to one day boldly go where some have gone before — outer space. McCall — who played for the Panthers from 2005-09 and has an undergraduate and master’s degree from FIU — is currently pursuing a..
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February 6, 2012
Starfire: NewSpace Firm Plans To Use F-104 To Launch Payloads Into Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Space experiments that are operated by start-up space firms generally are low-key affairs that employ fairly standard technology. Not so with Star Lab project, an experimental suborbital launcher that was created through a cooperative agreement between the 4Frontiers Corporation, Starfighters Aerospace, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of Central Florida with..
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February 4, 2012
FAU Student Receives Award from NASA to Study Factors Leading to Florida’s Coastal Hazards
Press Release: MEDIA CONTACT: Christine Dardet 561-297-3029, cdardet@fau.edu FAU Student Receives Award from NASA to Study Factors Leading to Florida’s Coastal Hazards BOCA RATON, FL (September 19, 2011) – Janie Forbes, a doctoral student in the department of geosciences within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University, has received a grant..
February 3, 2012Hundreds of Girl Scouts Reach for the Stars in Rocket Competition
SOURCE: Hobby Space – Michelle Jorgensen from Colorado, was the first Girl Scout to win nationally in the Reach for the Stars ~ Rocket Competition. She competed in 2009 with Troop #337 at the Challenger Learning Center of Colorado. She was followed in 2010 by Azriel Clary who competed during a camp-in with the Girl..
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October 21, 2009
NASA Selects 18 University Proposals For Steckler Space Grants
Oct. 21, 2009 NASA Selects 18 University Proposals For Steckler Space Grants HOUSTON — NASA has chosen 18 proposals from universities around the country to receive up to $70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonization Research and Technology Development Opportunity. Grant money will support university research and technology development activities that support a sustained..
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October 8, 2009
FSGC Board Member Is Awarded
On Thursday (Oct 8th), FSGC board member Tony Gannon attended the Irish American Historical Society Awards in New York city where he received an Education Award in recognition of his work in aerospace education at the Kennedy Space Center. Over 200 guests attended the event including most of the 100 other nominees in the “Irish..
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September 28, 2009
UCF Receives $25,000 from Northrop Grumman for Training Space Workers
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Sept. 22, 2009 — The UCF Research Foundation has been awarded $25,000 by Northrop Grumman to administer a program designed to give up to 32 qualified college students real-world experience in the space industry. The bulk of the funding, $20,000 will support specialized training for college students interested in science, technology, engineering..
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September 23, 2009
FSGC Intern Gets A LOT Closer To Delta & Atlas Rockets
Until this year, Brandon Lojewski’s rocket experience included a handful of model rocket launches for Team America Rocketry Challenge and NASA’s Student Launch Initiative. This summer, the Kennedy Space Center intern witnessed rocket launches of a much larger magnitude — and from a different view. On June 18, 2009, Lojewski was in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,..
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September 12, 2009
Astronomy Event To Be Held On Sep. 25th
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Join the Florida Museum of Natural History and area astronomy groups for an evening of scientific discovery during the annual Starry Night event from 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25. Produced by the Florida Museum, University of Florida Astronomy Department, Florida Space Grant Consortium and Alachua Astronomy Club, Starry Night is a..
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August 24, 2009
4Frontiers Team Members to Lead Simulated Mars Mission on Devon Island
TAMPA, FL – 4Frontiers Corporation, a NewSpace technology, entertainment & education company, is pleased to announce that it is spearheading this summer’s expedition to the Mars Society’s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. 4Frontiers consultant Walter Vernon Kramer has been selected as commander of a crew of six,..
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August 23, 2009
GE Foundation award generous grant
The Florida Space Grant Consortium is delighted to extend our deepest appreciation to the GE Foundation for the $100,000.00 grant they have bestowed on us. We here at FSGC just received confirmation this week that our efforts to secure the education grant from the GE Foundation have succeeded. Not only does the size of the..
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July 23, 2009
FSU Engineering student wins Fellowship
CONTACT: Amy Chan Hilton (850) 410-6121 abchan@eng.fsu.edu By Barry Ray July 2009 ENGINEERING STUDENT WINS FLORIDA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM FELLOWSHIP TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida State University doctoral student is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship designed to reward and attract the best and the brightest minds in science and engineering to space-related careers. Angelo..
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July 23, 2009
Former FSGC Students Receive NASA Award
The Florida Space Grant Consortium is delighted to congratulate our former support recipients Andrew McDonald and Nathaniel Ambler upon their induction into the NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community. McDonald, a former NASA Academy research intern at Goddard Space Flight Center, and Ambler, a former FSGC KSC intern, will both partake in this new venture in..
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May 4, 2009
USF Student Accepted Into NASA/FSGC Internship Program
SARASOTA – Jessie Jones, 23, received his bachelor’s of science in Information Technology from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee on Sunday, May 3. Next stop-the Kennedy Space Center. Jones, a North Port resident, was recently selected from over 100 applicants to do an internship through FSGC/NASA’s Space and Aeronautics Internship Program. The program will..
