About NC Space Grant NC Space Grant Personnel Advisory Council Partners and Industrial Members Mailing Lists Photo Gallery 2008 Student Opportunities NC Space Grant/ LORD Corporation Summer Internship Program Community College Transition Scholarship Program Freshman/Sophomore Undergraduate Scholarship Program Junior/Senior Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program Graduate Research Fellowship Program NASA Internship Opportunities 2008 Faculty Opportunities New Investigations Program Higher Education Course Development Program K-12 Professional Development Program Informal Education and Public Outreach Program 2008 Student Award Recipients 2008 Faculty Award Recipients NC NASA Educator Resource Center National Space Grant	The NC Space Grant is a consortium of academic institutions that have gathered together to promote, develop, and support aeronautics and space-related science, engineering, and technology education and training in North Carolina. Partnering with NASA, industry, non-profit organizations, and state government agencies, NC Space Grant conducts programs that are designed to equip the current and future aero/space workforce in North Carolina. NC Space Grant News Archives NASA Announces Competitive Grant Programs - 22 Jul 2008 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Office of Education at headquarters in Washington has announced three new extramural funding opportunities that could result in the award of grants or cooperative agreements. The three areas are: K-12 Competitive Grants, Global Climate Change Education, and a competitive program for science museums, science-technology centers and planetariums to enhance programs related to space exploration, aeronautics, space science, Earth science or microgravity. More information can be found in this PDF and at this NASA site. Space Science Is for Everyone: Creating and Using Accessible Resources in Educational Settings - 22 Jul 2008 Over the past seven years, the Southeast Regional Clearinghouse convened seven highly successful 'Exceptional Space Science Materials for Exceptional Students' workshops. This PDF of hints and resources is based on the workshops, the expertise of the participants and product testing in classrooms around the United States following the workshops. Jobi Cook, Associate Director of the NC Space Grant, contributed to the informal education portion of the document. UNC-Charlotte Students Launch SkyMiner2 Near-Spacecraft - 06 Jun 2008 The SkyMiner-2 near-spacecraft was successfully launched from the Monroe, NC airport on April 20th. It reached an altitude of 80,000 feet, took some fabulous pictures (sample image) and gathered meteorological data. The mission reached a successful conclusion when the spacecraft landed via parachute about 70 miles downrange. A team of students from UNC – Charlotte, led by Dr. John Chadwick, had a great adventure, and learned a lot about engineering, meteorology, and remote sensing. Dr. Yogendra Kakad and the North Carolina Space Grant provided support for the project. DeJarnette Provides Valuable Research for NASA Space Shuttle Replacement - 15 May 2008 Dr. Fred DeJarnette, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a grant in 2001 from NASA Langley, and has been working to develop computer code to calculate heating rates over hypersonic vehicles. These calculations will enable the development of predictive and uncertainty techniques to improve NASA's ability to design, test, operate and maintain future hypersonic vehicles. Aero/Space Top Stories THEMIS Satellites Discover What Triggers Northern Lights Eruptions - 25 Jul 2008 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - What causes the shimmering, ethereal Northern Lights to suddenly brighten and dance in a spectacular burst of colorful light and rapid movement? To find out, NASA launched a fleet of five satellites called THEMIS, the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms. Shenzhou's Spacesuit Showdown - 25 Jul 2008 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - China will fly two different types of extravehicular spacesuits on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 mission. This has now been confirmed by Chinese media reports. The announcement adds a curious and unexpected twist to China's saga of planning its first spacewalk. Trench On Mars Ready For Next Sampling By NASA Lander - 25 Jul 2008 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water. Plasma Bullets Spark Northern Lights - 25 Jul 2008 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - Duck! Plasma bullets are zinging past Earth. That's the conclusion of researchers studying data from NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft. The gigantic bullets, they say, are launched by explosions 1/3rd of the way to the Moon and when they hit Earth-wow. NASA Image of the Day Midnight Sun(s) - 24 Jul 2008 This panorama mosaic, taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, documents the passage of the midnight sun over several days. The foreground and sky images were taken on Sol 54, or the 54th Martian day of the mission (July 20, 2008)
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