Success Stories
in which the SD Space Grant Consortium is Particularly Proud
(Page last updated April 6, 2006)

• Western Regional Space Grant Meeting - Sept. 25-27, 2003 in Rapid City, a success!

• Sinte Gleska University (educational affiliate of SDSGC) wins NASA Earth Science Research, Education, and Applications Solutions Network (REASON) grant for collaborative proposal titled "A Geospatial Extension of the NASA Information Power Grid".  Click here for more information.

•  Looking for Killer Asteroids - April 18, 2002 Argus Leader Feature Story on Badlands Observatory and naming of first asteroid after the State of South Dakota.
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  Presentation of plaque to Governor William J. Janklow commemorating the naming
  of asteroid No. "26715 South Dakota".  April 29, 2002. (l to r: Ron Dyvig of Badlands Observatory, Governor Janklow, and Dr. Sherry Farwell and Tom Durkin of the SD Space Grant Consortium)
  Watch SD Public TV Segment on Badlands Observatory, first aired in Jan. 2002.

• Rapid City high school student wins 2002 Science Fair for Astronomy Project, resulting in Asteroid Named after Her

• South Dakota Space Days 2003 May 16-17, 2003 at Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, SD ... a success.  Click here for PHOTOS.
  

• South Dakota Space Day 2002 - April 5, 2002 at SDSU in Brookings was a success.

• SD/NASA Space Days 2001: "A Space Odyssey in Rapid City" - A Success!  See photos.
  Thousands attend to tour ISS Exhibit; listen to Astronaut Col. Sam Gemar; attend Star Lab Planetarium shows and teacher-training workshops, and visit numerous exhibit booths on earth science, space science, and technology from Consortium members.
  

• SD Space Day 2000 at Augustana College.  Click for Photo Gallery.
  Thousands attend Space Day activities, including presentation by Astronaut Story Musgrave!
   

• Badlands Observatory Completed in 2000  and joins Consortium!

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