News and Awards

We are thrilled to be a community partner for the newportFILM showing of Starman, a documentary about NASA engineer and science fiction author, Gentry Lee. Details: Thursday, August 21st at the Rosecliff Lawn in Newport. Venue opens at 5pm Film begins at 7:50pm For...

The Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium was thrilled to host a very successful Spring Symposium at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium on Saturday, April 26th. With over 20 posters and 18 talks, our awardees presented RI Space Grant funded research on a...

Do you and your students want to see what it might be like to grow plants on the Moon or Mars? This is your chance! The NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce that funding applications are now being accepted for the Plant the Moon Challenge...

“We want to get students outside the classroom beyond the textbooks and internet articles they read about,” said Ralph Milliken, Program Director and DEEPS Associate Professor. “So they can understand the interplay on human society and the natural environment.”

Do you and your students want to see what it might be like to grow plants on the Moon or Mars? This is your chance! The NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Plant the Moon Challenge for the...