Image ASCEND High-Altitude Ballooning Program: Fall 2022 Launch Nov. 19, 2022 The ASCEND program's Fall 2022 launch was on November 19th. For this program, students are tasked to design, build, and then launch payloads each semester on high-altitude weather balloons. This year, we launched two balloons. Balloon #1 reached 100,420 ft and Balloon #2 reached 102,272 ft. Read more
Image Dr. Morba Jah, former ERAU Space Grant Intern, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the “genius grant.” Oct. 12, 2022 He is one of 25 individuals selected for the five-year fellowship. Recipients are nominated based on proven talent and extraordinary originality and dedication to their creative pursuits. Read more
Image Arizona State University Space Grant Intern Alumn Hired at NASA JPL! Sept. 16, 2022 Kathryn Chamberlin, a NASA JPL Electronics Engineer, says "Because of Space Grant, I was inspired to pursue graduate school at ASU and worked on a research project that enabled me to be hired at NASA JPL.” Read more
Image Summer 2022 Recap: NASA Center Internships Aug. 10, 2022 Arizona Space Grant supports two students in NASA Center Internships during Summer 2022! Check out Rosemary Ferreira and Zane Green's story to learn more about their progress this summer and how you can apply for these opportunities. Internships occur each Fall, Spring, and Summer. Read more
Image Research Highlight! Claire Gibson, NAU Space Grant Intern, works with OSIRIS-REx Data June 2, 2022 Claire's research project was titled, "Is there fine-grained material under the surface of Bennu?" This research was presented at the AZ Space Grant Annual Symposium on April 23, 2022. Read more
Image Alumni Highlight! Erin Alexander, a 2020-21 ASU Space Grant Intern, awarded the Dean’s Medal for ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration. May 10, 2022 During her time at ASU, Erin worked in Everett Shock’s lab evaluating spatial and temporal variability in hot spring chemistry by synthesizing 20 years of data. Read more
Image The NAU Space Jacks team takes 1st place overall at the First Nations Launch Competition! April 23, 2022 The NAU Space Jacks team also took 1st place in oral presentations and 3rd place in written reports. These awards include a grand prize of $3,000 and an invitation and travel stipend for a VIP tour at the Kennedy Space Center this summer. Read more
Image Space Grant Intern, Annalisa Minke, Goes to NASA Langley! March 31, 2022 UArizona Space Grant mentor, Dr. Xubin Zeng, took Annalisa to NASA Langley last month to see first-hand how the data for her project is collected! Read more
Image UArizona Space Grant intern, Jacob Blais, presents poster during Earth Week 2022 March 28, 2022 Jacob's poster is titled "Persistence of soil respiration legacies induced by temporally repackaged summer rainfall in the Sonoran Desert grasslands." Read more
