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 2014/2015 Academic Year including summer 2014

 

Highlights

 

·  SD Space Days at Badlands Astronomy Festival:
     July 25-27, 2014. Click for News Release & Schedule

·  Recent Student Success Stories - SD Space Grant

·  SD Public Radio Interview on ISS and Partnership
    issues with Russia (May 8, 2014)

·  SD Space Grant "At a Glance"

·  SD NASA EPSCoR "At a Glance"

·  Mars Science Lab: Curiosity Rover. More here

·  Institute for STEM Education Enhancement at SDSU

·  SDSU Aerospace Career Education (ACE) Camp

·  Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program (summer)

·  Cassini Mission to Saturn

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

      Virtual Tour, How built, ISS Updates

·  Comet ISON

·  Highlights: SD Space Grant Consortium

·  SD Public TV Science Cafe on Space Exploration

·  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

 
Total Lunar Eclipse

Imaged by Richard Walker of Black Hills
Astronomical Society, Rapid City, SD
(click to enlarge image with details)