New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Project 2009 - 2010

Summer Institute 2009 Launch Program 2008

New Mexico Space Grant is an exciting opportunity for New Mexico students to design experiments and send them to space.

New Mexico Space Grant Consortium facilitates student experiments for university, college, community college, and high school teams.  Student experiments are launched on a SpaceLoft XL UP Aerospace Rocket, supplied by UP Aerospace from Spaceport America.

The potential for economic benefits to accrue to New Mexico and our nation from Spaceport America will depend on whether our teachers, faculty, and students are given opportunities to learn to compete in the emerging space industries coming to New Mexico. The 2006 Space Foundation “Space Report” indicates people who work in the space sector earn twice what employees earn in other sectors of the economy. This program helps prepare the workforce for the challenges facing New Mexico. Bolstering the capability, knowledgebase, and flight experience of New Mexico students and faculty allows them to more ably compete in their academic careers and will also aid the state in attracting high tech business to the region.

For more information, contact Aaron Perez at aaperez@nmsu.edu or (575) 646-6414.