Iowa Space Grant

We are pleased to announce that Alesha Roll has joined with Iowa NASA EPSCoR and Iowa Space Grant Consortium as program specialist, effective June 1st, 2024. To read more about Alesha Roll, please visit iaspacegrant.org/2024/06/11/ale…

Iowa State University and the University of Iowa Graduate Students! ISGC Graduate Fellowship Program Applications are now open! Application Deadline 10/7/2024. lnkd.in/gRpC7PZu

Thank you, Channel 5 News, for visiting the @make2innovate lab last week to interview HABET project manager Brody Echer and M:2:I Director Matthew Nelson on the team's upcoming launch. Tune into Channel 5 today at 6:00 & 10:00 PM for the team's feature! weareiowa.com

Nine Iowa State University students will join researchers at Southern Illinois University Monday, sending a high-altitude balloon tens of thousands of feet in the air to record the total solar eclipse. @BrooklynDraisey reports: iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/04/05/isu… via @IowaCapDispatch

ISU's HABET Team in the Make to Innovate Program is a participating team of the NEBP for the upcoming solar eclipse. To follow HABET and other participating teams' Eclipse Day activities, follow the NEBP for live updates! @nasaeclipseballooning instagram.com/p/C5V5YL4vKk6/…

Iowa State University's HABET Team in the Make to Innovate Program will be livestreaming during their launch and the solar eclipse! Use this link to watch on April 8th: eclipse.montana.edu/livestream.html

Mark your calendars! Even though Iowa is not in the path of totality, Iowans can still experience the event as a partial solar eclipse! To find information on the eclipse for your location, visit: xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/….

Thank you to the Science Center of Iowa for partnering with us to host youth from the Indian Hills Jr. High School to explore space-related concepts last month! A special thank you to NASA Solar System Ambassador Mehmet Sefer for his presentation on the Artemis missions.

We're seeking the next class of @NASA_Astronauts. Candidates could fly on Artemis missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars. Will you be one of them? Applications to #BeAnAstronaut are open through April 2, 2024. Start yours at go.nasa.gov/astro2024.

Make sure to save the date for the Spring Symposium on April 16th!! ISGC Undergraduate scholars are REQUIRED to attend. Make sure to register at app.smartsheet.com/.../dd35c291ed…... by APRIL 1st!! ISGC students and affiliates are welcome to attend as well.

Fill out this survey to participate in the NASA STEM experiences study! Any undergrad or graduate STEM student can fill out this survey and receive a $25 gift card.

SpaceX and NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch-day activities with the Crew-8 NASA astronauts! 🚀 Launch info: Friday, March 1 at 12:04 ET (Thursday, February 29 at 9:04 PT). The NASA SpaceX webcast will go live at 10:56 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb 29th.

Amazing opportunity for Iowa 8th-10th graders!! Iowa State WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) is hosting their Go Further Girls STEM Conference and there are still spots available!! Register here: new.wise.iastate.edu/go-further

You are enthusiastically invited to the 2024 Elementary STEM Expo for Emerging Educators! You can register for the event here, docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Tune in to today's scheduled moon landing! 📷📷 You can watch a live stream on NASA+ plus.nasa.gov/.../intuitive-… Coverage set to begin at 4:30 p.m. CST.

Thank you to all who visited with us at the Iowa State University Day at the capitol! We appreciate all the legislators and industry reps who stopped by to learn more about our program and our partnership with Iowa 4-H. #stemworkforce #NASA #education youtube.com/watch?v=DrpXUN…

NEW DUE DATE! Proposals submitted in response to USRC Cycle Three, originally due February 22, 2024, are now due by 5:00 pm ET, March 21, 2024. For additional information, visit nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solic…

The UNI Science Education Update Conference for current and future teachers is scheduled for April 12, 2024!! The conference will focus on issues and topics related to teaching Grades K-12 Science and STEM. To register and learn more, visit chas.uni.edu/.../science-ed…

NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) Program provides collegiate-level students the opportunity to explore innovations and potential solutions to lunar Plume-Surface Interaction (PSI) risks and challenges! To learn more, visit hulc.nianet.org

Attention all Iowa Educators, Save the Date for Astro Camp 2024! FREE registration ends on April 19th, 2024. For more information and to register visit: lnkd.in/gfV93Xcf We hope you will join us for Astro Camp 2024!