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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.

Virginia CubeSat Constellation Deployment

by Kristyn DamadeoCubeSats, ODU, Satellites, University of Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech, Wallops July 3, 2019July 3, 2019No Comments

Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station at 10.50 a.m. EDT this morning.

Virginia CubeSat Constellation Launch

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, CubeSats, Engineering, NASA, ODU, Satellites, STEM, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wallops April 18, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

The Antares NG-11 rocket launched successfully Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va. sending the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the ISS.

STEM Takes Professional Development Workshop

Faculty Professional Development Workshop

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, STEM, STEM Education, Technology, Wallops March 25, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

Nineteen Virginia community college faculty completed the STEM Takes Flight Professional Development workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Virginia CubeSat Constellation

by Kristyn DamadeoCubeSats, Engineering, NASA, ODU, Satellites, STEM, Technology, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wallops February 27, 2019February 27, 2019No Comments

A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston.

2019 STEM Takes Flight Application Opens

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Technology, Wallops December 4, 2018February 8, 2019No Comments

Applications are now open for the 2019 STEM Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in STEM fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply.

High School Programs 2018

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops September 4, 2018April 24, 2019No Comments

VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars wrapped up another successful year with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. Almost 500 students participated in the VASTS online class, 180 enrolled in the VESSS online program and over 300 students completed the Virginia Space Coast Scholars online program.