Vision and Mission:
The vision of the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium (SDSGC) is to expand opportunities for all South Dakotans through education, research, and public service in the fields of aerospace, earth science, and supporting STEM disciplines. As the link between NASA and the citizens of South Dakota, SDSGC's mission is to instill the spirit of exploration and discovery in students and educators and in the general public, with a special focus on the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that are essential for the development of the nation’s workforce.
Click here for SDSGC's Strategic Plan

Fellowship/Scholarship Program for FY2019 Academic Year (Summer/Fall 2019 and Spring 2020) "and" Summer 2019 RET Application

 

Highlights

  ·  2019 Project Innovation Grant (PIG) Application
            Click here for PIG application in Word format
  ·  Project Innovation Grants from 2006-2018
  ·  50th Anniversary Manned-Apollo Spaceflight
  ·  NASA celebrates 60 years  Click for more here
  ·  2019 Kelly Lane Earth & Space Science Grant
  ·  2019 Dan Swets Robotics Award
  ·  Recent Student Success Stories
  ·  SDSGC Awards $100,000 to five SD institutions
  ·  SD Space Grant "At a Glance"
  ·  SD NASA EPSCoR "At a Glance"
  ·  NASA funds two SD "USIP" Proposals
  ·  Study at the Frontiers of Space: Poster and Flyer
  ·  NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter
  ·  Mars Science Lab: Curiosity Rover. More here
  ·  Space interviews by SDSGC's Tom Durkin
  ·  See International Space Station from:
        Rapid City, Pierre, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Elsewhere.
        Virtual Tour, How built
  ·  Meeting Information
  ·  What's New?, plus NASA NEWS Updates
  ·  South Dakota's NASA-EPSCoR Program Homepage

 

 
 Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
 Imaged with BHAS Hidden Valley Observatory's 12" Meade LX200 telescope - Dec. 2018

 


Apollo 8 Historic "Earthrise" Photo
(Christmas Eve 1968: 50th Anniversary)

Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Message

New NASA video on Apollo 8