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The Alaska Space Grant Program Website consists of three major sections. The first section is the Alaska Space Grant Program main site and the one you are currently looking at. This website contains information pertaining to programs ran by the program; both for college level students and pre-college programs, fellowship opportunities, information about ongoing research, and links to projects created for the Alaska Space Grant Program such as Project Horizontal E-Region Experiment and Bird's Eye View of Alaska. There are also links to grant opportunities and information about our programs throughout the state.

The second component of the Alaska Space Grant Program Website is the Alaska Teacher's Resource Manual. This site contains a variety of resources for teacher's. Its most important component is the Space Educator's Directory. A list of skilled teachers and professionals around the state who have expressed interest either in teaching space related programs or learning about these programs. Each entry has contact information as well as a self reported list of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Within the teacher's manual are links to specific curriculum activities that were either designed for the manual or have been found by other teacher's on the internet. The website has several pages of teaching resources that have been found on the web relating to space education. These lists provides an versatile starting portal to the wide variety of resources available on the internet. Some sites have specific class plans and others are purely informational. Both are worth scanning through and are continually updated for relevance and extensiveness. There is information about teacher training and funding opportunities - through the Alaska Space Grant Program and other sources. Finally checkout some of the space related research going on around the state - and much else!

The third component of the program's website is a page devoted to the Student Rocket Project. This program provides students the opportunities to develop and launch rockets into low orbit. All systems of the rocket are designed and constructed by students. The program provides volunteer opportunities for all skills levels from freshman to graduate student. There are also several fellowship opportunities for students who become more involved and lead the project. A third way to participate is to take either EE656 or ME656 at the UAF campus. In these classes students are given more intense projects as part of their classroom responsibilities - systems to be implemented in the rocket. On the SRP website there is information both about past rockets and the current project. Interested visitors can find out about the various electrical and mechanical systems of the rockets and even view some of our latest mechanical drawings. The most recent project, SRP-5: ISIS, is expected to launch sometime in mid 2006. Check out the website dedicated to this project for continuing updates as the project develops.

 

The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Established by Congress in 1988 and implemented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1989, the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (also known as Space Grant) contributes to the nation's science enterprise by funding research, education, and public service projects through a national network of 52 university-based Space Grant consortia. These consortia administer programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The consortia's 703 affiliates include 493 academic institutions and 62 businesses. Other partners include state and local government agencies, other federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Space Grant celebrates its tenth year of service in 1999. Since its inception, Space Grant has awarded over 12,000 U.S. citizens with tuition assistance in science, engineering,and related fields of study.

Alaska Space Grant Program The Alaska Space Grant Program (ASGP) was established at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1991 under a Phase II Program Grant from NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The ASGP sponsors a broad range of programs to enhance teaching, research, and educational outreach within aerospace-related disciplines throughout Alaska.

The ASGP strives to instill in the general public an awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the nation’s aerospace programs. This is currently accomplished through the following activities:

Dissemination of ASGP program information via the Pioneer Newsletter and various program brochures, which are produced by a student intern with support from the ASGP fellowship program. The ASGP Office also responds to a significant number of telephone inquiries from the general public for information on the nation’s space program.

Provide displays and personnel to promote and advertise a variety of activities associated with space and science at science fairs, state fairs, special anniversaries, etc.

Provide seed funding to the ASGP Affiliate Program Displays at the Imaginarium Science Discovery Center to develop hands-on, interactive exhibits: Mission to Mars timed to highlight important NASA activities connected with the Mars Pathfinder (1997)

International Space Station (ISS) timed to highlight important NASA activities connected with the ISS construction. (1998-99)

Electric Space, a traveling exhibit which explores many key concepts in space physics, including the physics of the sun and the polar aurora.

Co-sponsorship with the Geophysical Institute of the Earth and Sky radio program, which is broadcast from the public radio station in Fairbanks