PARTNERS Space Grant Success Stories
Phoenix College ASCEND team featured in News!
Friday, May 5, 2023
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."
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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ASCEND High-Altitude Ballooning Program: Fall 2022 Launch
Saturday, November 19, 2022
The ASCEND program's Fall 2022 launch was on November 19th. For this program, students are tasked to design, build, and then launch payloads each semester on high-altitude weather balloons. This year, we launched two balloons. Balloon #1 reached 100,420 ft and Balloon #2 reached 102,272 ft.
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Sandra Montero Heads to Space Camp at Biosphere 2
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Meet the Glendale Community College ASCEND Team!
Friday, October 22, 2021
Jacqueline Do attends the NASA Lucy Mission Launch!
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Reaching to the Sky and Beyond – Phoenix College ASCEND Program Mentor, Ernest Villicaña, Featured in Recent Article
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Sian Proctor selected to fly on first SpaceX civilian mission to Earth orbit later this year!
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Phoenix College ASCEND Team Prepares for Launch
Saturday, February 20, 2021
NASA Selects Proposals for Student Aeronautics, Space Projects
Friday, February 21, 2020
Arizona Space Grant's ASCEND balloon-satellite launch program featured on NASA.gov's latest stories as National Space Grant Program celebrates its 30th Anniversary!
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Eclipse Ballooning
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
A day to remember for a lifetime! Sharing the total solar eclipse in the path of totality with awesome AZSGC students, colleagues, and friends was the most wonderful experience. Thank you all for your part in making an unforgettable great memory and a significant and productive day of learning, technology utilization and science! Yay team AZ!!!!! You are the BEST!!!!
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Roslyn Norman, Pima Community College RockOn Participant Featured in Wonder, Girl!
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
As part of Arizona Space Grant's RockOn program, Roslyn Norman participated through Pima Community College's Engineering Club and was featured in The Wonder Girl Project!
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Diné College ASCEND Team Hosts Poster Session with Data Results
Friday, February 24, 2017
Diné Instructor/Mentor Francis Burns shipped his students’ 2016 ASCEND radiation and GPS data to Marsha Bitsui at NAU. Marsha collaborates with Jani Ingram studying uranium content in reservation sheep tissue.
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RockOn Workshop at NASA Wallops
Monday, June 20, 2016
Arizona Space Grant Consortium is the proud sponsor of a balloon sat faculty mentor and team lead
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NASA Selects Arizona Proposal “ASCENDing Further” to Increase STEM Education at Community and Technical Colleges
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
One of the most effective vehicles for engagement of community college students in STEM activitie
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PCC NW Team Brings Innovative and Dynamic Payloads to AZSGC ASCEND! Program
Monday, August 11, 2014
PCC was one of the first two community colleges in Arizona to join the ASCEND!
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Tim Frank’s leadership of SMCC ASCEND! Team Benefits College's Engineering Program and Students
Monday, August 4, 2014
Since joining AZSGC in 2008, SMCC has been phenomenally successful at using their involvement in
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Glendale CC's Arizona Space Grant ASCEND! Team
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Glendale Community College students in Space Grant mentor John Schneeg's special
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