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

Higher Education Fellowship/Scholarship Stipend Application Info for 2015/2016 Academic Year including summer 2015

 

Highlights

 

  ·  Student Launches Career at NASA’s Mission Control

  ·  Space Grant Fellow Jim Sanovia presents "Lakota
     Sacred Places", Feb. 8 at Journey Museum

  ·  Space Grant Fellow Jorel Torres interns at Goddard

  ·  SD Public Radio "Dakota Midday" interview with
     Tom Durkin on NASA's Orion Spacecraft Launch

  ·  Expert sees upward trajectory for space travel

  ·  Recent Student Success Stories - SD Space Grant
  ·  SD Space Grant "At a Glance"

  ·  SD NASA EPSCoR "At a Glance"

  ·  NASA Awards $500,000 to SDSGC for partnership
      with Lake Area Technical Institute; SDSM&T news

  ·  Mars Science Lab: Curiosity Rover. More here

  ·  Space interviews on SDPB by SDSGC's Tom Durkin
  ·  Cassini Mission to Saturn

  ·  See International Space Station from:
        Rapid City, Pierre, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Elsewhere.

        Virtual Tour, How built

  ·  Mars Exploration Rover Mission

  ·  Meeting Information

  ·  What's New?, plus NASA NEWS Updates

  ·  South Dakota's NASA-EPSCoR Program Homepage

graphic of astronaut bootprint on moon and mars
45th Anniversary of Apollo 11
and NASA's Next Giant Leap

Historic "Earthrise" image taken during Apollo 8 Mission - Christmas Eve 1968

Orion Test Flight - Success for NASA!
Dec. 5, 2014