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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.
The North Carolina Space Grant is now accepting applications for NC Space Grant / LORD Corporation internships from undergraduate and graduate students. The deadline to apply is March 23, 2012.
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NASA Astronauts to Visit NC State University on April 26, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 pm - 23 Apr 2012
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be in space? Ask an astronaut.
Join us for a Twitter Town Hall next Thursday, April 26, and use #DS_RTP to tweet questions in advance. NASA astronauts Bill McArthur and Nancy Currie will be on NC State’s Main Campus. The event will be held in Riddick 301, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., and everyone is invited to attend.
Here’s your chance to learn more about the International Space Station, so tweet away!
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Nasa Calls for Student-Designed Deep Space Habitat Proposals - 20 Mar 2012
NASA is offering college and university students a chance to help design a deep space habitat. The Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge is accepting applications for the 2013 challenge, inviting students to design, manufacture, assemble and test systems for use on NASA's deep space habitat prototype. Proposals are due May 2, 2012. More information here.
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Early Career Faculty NASA Space Tech Research Opportunities - 12 Mar 2012
NASA is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty beginning their independent careers. This inaugural Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation seeks to sponsor research in specific, high priority technology areas of interest to NASA. NASA expects to award approximately ten grants this fall, funded up to $200,000 each per year. Notices of intent to submit proposals are due March 30; deadline for submitting final proposals is May 3. More information here.
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NCSG awardee wins Sloan Fellowship - 02 Mar 2012
The NC Space Grant congratulates East Carolina University's Matt Schrenk on winning a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution based in New York City. Its honorees are outstanding early-career researchers, selected for their achievements and potential, and representative of the brightest young minds working in science today.
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- 05 Apr 2012
An IMAX camera that flew aboard a space shuttle is seen at the Moving Beyond Earth Gallery at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Washington. This and another IMAX camera that flew in space became a part of the museum's collection. From 1984 to 1998 the 70mm cameras accompanied astronauts on 17 space shuttle missions offering stunning views of Earth from space and offered an up-close look at what it is like to live and work in a weightless environment. Image Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers
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