NASA’s weekly podcast, This Week @NASA, is a summary of the advancements and activities taking place within the space agency.  In this week’s edition, the RockOn! Workshop and RockSat, hosted by Colorado and Virginia Space Grant, were featured in the podcast.  You can listen to the podcast here and access the weekly updates here.  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s visit to the White House for the third meeting of the National Space Council, plans for NASA to develop a partnership with private U.S. Industry to develop high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft, and the National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Report were also featured in this week’s podcast.

Connecticut Space Grant supports students looking to attend the RockOn! Workshop, which was held this year from June 16-21 at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  For more information on the workshop, visit the RockOn! website.  Students interested in this opportunity through the Connecticut Space Grant can visit our information page.  More information on the upcoming RockOn! workshop will be made available closer to the date.

This Week @NASA, June 22: https://youtu.be/OeJhXAigzNc

This Week @NASA weekly updates: http://www.nasa.gov/twan

RockOn! Website: http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/national-programs/rockon-2018-home

CT Space Grant information on RockOn!: https://ctspacegrant.org/events/rockon-workshop