by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Featured, News
NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (CTSGC) is delighted to announce recipients of its first round of Spring 2017 call for proposals. The funding programs that were part of this award cycle included: Faculty Research, Faculty STEM Education Programming,...
by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Featured, News
The National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize individuals whose life and career have had a long lasting impact in a science, engineering or education field that is related to aeronautic, aviation, or space endeavors. The inaugural...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Featured, News
The New England Air Museum is hosting a Space Expo on April 1st, 2017. There will be guest lectures from NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio. Since joining NASA in 1990, Mastracchio has logged over 200 hours in space! He will be in attendance to share some of his...
by admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Featured, News
This fall, over 300 students at Two Rivers Magnet Middle School took part in the “Student Spaceflight Experiments Program” (SSEP), partially funded through NASA CTSGC. Of those 300+ students, a single group of five took the top honor of securing a spot on the...
by admin | Feb 8, 2017 | News
In the Fall of 2015, Caitlin Hansen was awarded an Undergraduate Research Fellowship from NASA CTSGC to proceed with an image processing study titled “Determination of Nanoparticle Size Distributions to Investigate Sameness.” This study served as a continuation of her...
by admin | Jan 16, 2017 | Ballooning Updates, News
On August 21, 2017 a rare astronomical event—a total solar eclipse—will be visible throughout portions of the United States as members of the NASA CTSGC participate in an unprecedented national public outreach project. Along with 54 other student groups at 25...
