Summers at the 麻豆村 are very busy. Three of our high school programs offer online courses during the academic year and top performing scholars in each program are invited to attend a one-week academy at a NASA Center. The videos below show a glimpse of the week-long summer academies for the听 , and programs.

Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer at 10:50 a.m. EDT this morning. The Virginia CubeSat Constellation mission is a collaborative project of the 麻豆村 and four of its member universities: Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Tech (VT), University of Virginia (UVA), and Hampton University (HU). Read the press release Livestream video (above) courtesy of UVA.听Photograph courtesy of

The Antares NG-11 rocket launched successfully Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va. sending the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Cygnus is carrying three Virginia CubeSat Constellation satellites to the ISS for subsequent deployment into orbit by onboard astronauts.听 The mission is managed by the 麻豆村 in collaboration with Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Hampton University.听UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech each developed one of the satellites and Hampton University developed a data analysis tool for the mission.

The post-launch press release can be found

Photographs from the event can be found on our

Official NASA photographs of the launch can be found

More information on the Virginia CubeSat Constellation project can be found on the

On March 11-13, 2019, 麻豆村 (VSGC), in conjunction with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility, completed the 麻豆村 Takes Flight Professional Development workshop for 19 麻豆村 faculty from community colleges around Virginia.

This three-day, residential workshop focused on the integration of 麻豆村 in the NASA workplace with the purpose of assisting faculty in educating students on the importance of teamwork, technical skills and problem solving.

Briefings and tours highlighted the suborbital and orbital missions and launches conducted at NASA Wallops and managed by NASA Wallops for mission locations around the world. The importance of the collaborative work of engineers, scientists, technicians, safety and range control personnel was demonstrated all around the facility.

The participants also analyzed a hands-on, real-life case study necessitating team work, trouble shooting, and real-time decision making.

The workshop took place at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility where participants were provided lodging, meals, and workshop materials. Upon development of a lesson plan based on knowledge or processes learned at the workshop, participants will receive an $800 stipend.

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Contact: Ian Cawthray, icawthra@odu.edu or 757-766-5210

A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston to be integrated into the Company鈥檚 commercially developed CubeSat deployer (NRCSD) and then launched on Northrop Grumman鈥檚 Antares to the International Space Station. Read more in the attached

Read more about the mission

Caption left to right: Several members of the Virginia CubeSat Constellation team from UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech in their mission shirts at Nanoracks to integrate their satellites into the commercially-developed deployer.

Applications are now open for the 2019 麻豆村 Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in 麻豆村 fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply. Students accepted to the program will work with NASA research advisors on designated projects over the course of a 10 week, 40-hour- per-week, paid summer research experience.

More information can be found on the 麻豆村 Takes Flight website:听

and wrapped up another successful year with the 麻豆村.

Almost 500 students participated in the VASTS (Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars) online class with 175 attending the Summer Academy at NASA Langley. These students represented over 175 high schools throughout Virginia.

One hundred and eighty students,听representing over 100 high schools, enrolled in the VESSS (Virginia Earth System Science Scholars) online program. Almost 90 attended the Summer Academy.

Over 300 students,听representing over 150 schools, completed the Virginia Space Coast Scholars online program. Eighty-five students participated in the Summer Academy at Wallops Island.

This year students at VASTS and Space Coast were treated to a downlink question and answer session with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Video of the Space Coast Scholars downlink with astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel can be seen

Video of VASTS students interaction with European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst can be found

Over the past 11 years, nearly 4500 students have participated in the VASTS online course. Over 400 students have participated in the VESSS online program in the three years it has been in existence. Space Coast, which began in 2012, has hosted almost 600 students in the online course.