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“Universe In The Park”
Summer 2025

People

  • Jordan Bartlett

    Jordan Bartlett

    Jordan graduated in the spring of 2020 from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in astrophysics and minors in physics and English. During her time in undergrad, she was a member of the High-Altitude Ballooning Team and worked mostly on developing a mock-cubesats for the team. She currently is a graduate student at […]Read More »

Projects

  • Stratospheric Ballooning Team at the U of MN – Twin Cities

    Stratospheric Ballooning Team at the U of MN – Twin Cities

    Since 2007 the MnSGC at the U of MN – Twin Cities has engaged students in building “near-space-craft” (AKA “payloads”) and using weather balloons to loft them into the stratosphere where the conditions (and the view!) are much like outer space. Student-built payloads carry cameras, microcontroller-logged sensor suites, gps systems, tracking radios, and more. Participants […]Read More »

News & Events

  • High-Power Rocketry Competition Set for May 17-18, 2025

    High-Power Rocketry Competition Set for May 17-18, 2025

    Minnesota Space Grant is hosting both a Rocketry Competition and a Rocketry Challenge on the weekend of May 17-18, 2025. Saturday, May 17: The first day runs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Akerman Hall at the University of Minnesota (110 SE Union St, Minneapolis), with safety checks and competition team oral presentations to […]Read More »
  • Occasional stratospheric weather balloon launches throughout the year.  Write to the “Contact Us” link for more details.

Affiliates of NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium

  • Bemidji State University
  • Bethel University
  • Carleton College
  • Fond Du Lac Tribal Community College
  • Macalester College
  • St. Catherine University
  • University of Minnesota - Driven to Discover
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • University of St. Thomas

Minnesota Space Grant

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