Aerospace Archives - Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars(VASTS) 2022, Week 1

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Higher Education, NASA, STEM, STEM Education July 8, 2022July 8, 2022No Comments

On June 24, 2022 the VSGC completed week 1 of the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) Summer Academy. 63 students from high schools all over Virginia participated. Students had the opportunity to work at NASA Langley Research Center including tours of the Landing and Impact Research Facility “Gantry”, the Fabrication Lab, and model …

Drone Program at Thomas Nelson Community College

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, STEM Education May 2, 2022May 2, 2022No Comments

Student interns learned the intricacies of flying UAVs(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) as part of Thomas Nelson Community College’s Drone Program. The course, UMS 111 – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), is a custom course to prepare the students and faculty for a four-week internship in partnership with Virginia Tech. The co-leads on the hands-on training sessions …

Bringing Crewed Mission Planning to a New Digital Frontier

by Kristyn DamadeoAeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Higher Education, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, STEM, STEM Education June 12, 2020June 12, 2020No Comments

Bringing Crewed Mission Planning to a New Digital Frontier

VSGC Summer Programs: A New Digital Frontier

by Kristyn DamadeoAeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Community College, Earth Science, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, Satellites, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Virginia Tech, Wallops June 8, 2020June 8, 2020No Comments

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is now offering an online alternative to our summer programs.

VSGC Summer Programs

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, K-12 Education, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops August 2, 2019November 19, 2019No Comments

Summers at the Virginia Space Grant Consortium are busy. Our high school programs, which offer an online component, are very popular and run throughout the summer. The videos above show a glimpse of the week-long summer academies for three of our high school programs; VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars.