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  • Dr. Seafha Ramos headshot.

    Space Grant Alum, Dr. Seafha Ramos, Becomes Northern Arizona University's First Professor of Indigenous Forestry

    “For so long, I have wanted to find a permanent position in the sciences with space to be Indigenous, to live a more integrated life. NAU supports my engagement with Indigenous communities, including my own."

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  • David Ordaz Perez Completes Spring 2023 Internship at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center!

    "I had the opportunity to work on the Enhanced Flight Imagery Launch Monitoring Real-time System (EFILMRS) which focused on enhancing the SLS's onboard camera system for Artemis 4."

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  • Phoenix College ASCEND team ready for launch, Spring 2023.

    Phoenix College ASCEND team featured in News!

    Faculty mentor, Eddie Ong, says that the AZSGC high-altitude ballooning program gives students hands-on experience that "is typically not introduced until a student’s senior year of college or graduate school, so its availability for community college students builds a pipeline of competent transfer students who continue their education at university, often as a cohort to support each other."

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  • Stephany Maldonado standing next to poster.

    UArizona Space Grant intern, Stephany Maldonado, presents poster at Society for Biomaterials 2023

    Stephany Maldonado's poster was titled "Testing Different Hydroxyapatite Particles in Cell Culture." Stephany is a UArizona student majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She works with Dr. John Szivek from the Orthopaedic Surgery Department.

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  • Space Grant Alum, Dr. Seafha Ramos, Becomes Northern Arizona University's First Professor of Indigenous Forestry

  • David Ordaz Perez Completes Spring 2023 Internship at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center!

  • Phoenix College ASCEND team featured in News!

  • UArizona Space Grant intern, Stephany Maldonado, presents poster at Society for Biomaterials 2023

Welcome to the Arizona Space Grant Consortium (AZSGC) website

Our mission is to expand opportunities to learn about and participate in NASA's programs by supporting and enhancing science and engineering education, research, and outreach through the delivery of high-quality education programs.

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Our goal is to integrate research with education to help build a diverse, scientifically literate citizenry and a well-prepared science, engineering, and technology workforce. 

We are proud of our students, programs, and accomplishments and appreciate your interest in the Arizona Space Grant Consortium.

Apply to our Internships & Fellowships

Meet the Arizona Space Grant Team

Dr. Tim Swindle: UA/NASA Space Grant Director

Dr. Tim Swindle

Arizona/NASA Space Grant Consortium Director

Michelle Coe: AZSGC Manager

Michelle Coe

Arizona/NASA Space Grant Consortium Manager

Dr. Chandra Holifield Collins: UA/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Dr. Chandra Holifield Collins

UA/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Dr. Yancy Shirley: UA/NASA Space Grant Assistant Director

Dr. Yancy Shirley

UA/NASA Space Grant Assistant Director

Susan Brew: UA/NASA Space Grant Consultant & Trainer

Susan Brew

UA/NASA Space Grant Consultant & Trainer

Desiree Crawl: ASU/NASA Space Grant Coordinator

Desiree Crawl

ASU/NASA Space Grant Sr. Coordinator

Dr. Tom Sharp: ASU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Tom Sharp

ASU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Debbie Bair: ASU/NASA Space Grant Specialist

Debbie Bair

ASU/NASA Space Grant Specialist

 

Christopher Edwards: NAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Christopher Edwards

NAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Paloma Rose Davidson: NAU/NASA Space Grant Coordinator

Paloma Rose Davidson

NAU/NASA Space Grant Assistant Program Manager

Dr. Anne Boettcher: ERAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Dr. Anne Boettcher

ERAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

 

Dr. Elliott Bryner: ERAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

Dr. Elliott Bryner

ERAU/NASA Space Grant Associate Director

ASCEND students hold their payloads, which are tied onto a string tethered to the high-altitude weather balloon.

Spring 2023 ASCEND High-Altitude Balloon Launch!

Saturday, April 1, 2023

On Saturday, April 1st, teams from across the state of Arizona launched their 3lb payloads on two high-altitude weather balloons as part of the Arizona Space Grant’s ASCEND program.

Photo credit: Iván González López, Phoenix College ASCEND team lead.

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Michael Klooster in the Mission Control Center for Artemis 1.

From Embry-Riddle to NASA JSC

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Michael Klooster, an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (ERAU) graduate, was sponsored by ERAU Space Grant for a 2021 internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Michael is now a contractor with KBR and works at NASA Johnson Space Center with the Artemis Crew Health Team as a Crew Health Integrator for Orion!
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ERAU ASCEND team at the Fall 2022 launch.

ERAU Space Grant's ASCEND team featured in University News Article!

Monday, January 30, 2023

One of the club’s newest members said she’s learned a lot since joining. “I really like the hands-on opportunity and the ability to expand my knowledge,” said Winona Roulston, Mechanical Engineering. “You get to practice things like coding and soldering, and you learn concepts that you are going to be applying in your day-to-day career.”

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The Universities Space Research Association just announced the prestigious 2022 Distinguished Undergraduate Award winners

Friday, December 9, 2022

and we are proud to see Brooke Carruthers (AY20-22 UArizona Space Grant Intern) recognized with the James B. Willett Education Memorial Scholarship.

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