Registration is now open for the ninth annual state-wide Near-Space Balloon Challenge! About the launch project Once called the Near-Space Balloon Competition, we have transitioned it into a challenge, in order to increase the program’s collaborative and student-led learning goals! We will […]
Up, Up and Away By, Patrick C. Miller The antenna on top of Clifford Hall connects to the balloon’s attached radiosonde, which sends information to observing students and instructors. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Balloons remain a critical component of how scientists observe […]
UND Today features a great news article on the recent NSBC Competition held in Grand Forks. The article is posted here.
The 8th annual Near-Space Balloon Competition (NSBC) officially started Monday, October 1. NSBC is an annual statewide student launch competition providing the opportunity for middle and high school student teams to participate in a NASA-sponsored balloon-based space mission. Graduate student […]
The AESIR (Atmospheric and Experimental Student-Initiated Research) ballooning team conducted their first full-launch of the semester on September 14th. The launch was featured on WDAY, broadcasted during the 6 PM news (https://www.wday.com/news/4499651-und-researchers-use-plankton-help-man-get-mars). Space Studies’ distance students studying the effects of […]
Congratulations to NDSGC student, Denise Buckner (’19)! October 4, 2018: This week, UND Space Studies graduate student, Denise Buckner, won a research grant from the Ames Center Innovation Fund (CIF). Last summer (2018), Buckner traveled to California where she interned at NASA Ames, working […]
New Fellowship Position – Balloon Program Coordinator Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2018 semester for the balloon program coordinator. This fellowship position is available to on-campus, graduate Space Studies students. Main responsibilities include the management of the Near-Space Balloon […]
NDSGC Student Wins University-wide Award We are proud to announce the winner of the University of North Dakota’s 2018 Lillian Elsinga Outstanding Student Leader Award, is one of NDSGC’s own, Denise Buckner! Buckner, a graduate student in the Space Studies Department, was nominated […]
Space Studies master’s student, Nanette Valentour, will present her thesis proposal on Friday, May 4th. All Space Studies students and faculty are encouraged to attend. When: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. (Central Daylight Savings Time) Where: Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: “Design of a […]
The AESIR Ballooning team meets weekly for group meetings, every Wednesday 12:30 – 1:30 PM in the Space Studies Department. The meeting minutes are linked below. Team members should review the action items found in these minutes. September 7, 2018 Meeting Notes February […]