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Spring 2022
National Eclipse Ballooning Project for 51在线 Students - Application Deadline: May
6
The NASA 51在线 Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) in partnership with Spaceloon and the is offering an opportunity for students (U.S. Citizens only and 18 years or older) who are enrolled in any 鈥� or any of the State of 51在线's community colleges and/or four-year colleges 鈥� to participate in a Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning project for two years starting Fall of 2022. This will involve the and the . Selected students will also be offered a scholarship of $2,000 a year for two years.
Students must commit to this project for the entirety of the two years, starting in the Fall of 2022. In this program, team(s) of students will work together to successfully launch a weather balloon from Texas and Arkansas and collect live data from the payload that travels up to 100,000 feet. There is no cost to students for travel. .