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Eight U.S. universities person been selected to participate successful NASA's 2024 Mission Concept program. Photo courtesy of NASA
March 28 (UPI) -- NASA and its subject partners person selected teams from 8 universities for nan 2024 Mission Concept program, designed to springiness students a chance to motorboat their ain profession successful nan abstraction manufacture while improving outer expertise astatine nan nation's universities.
The summertime seminar will thief nan teams pinch their applications to NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative and nan military's University Nanosatellite Program.
"The CubeSat Launch Initiative is 1 of galore ways NASA is attracting and retaining students successful STEM disciplines," NASA says connected its CSLI webpage. "This strengthens NASA's and nan nation's early workforce. Further, nan inaugural promotes and develops innovative exertion partnerships among NASA, U.S. industry, and different sectors for nan use of agency programs and projects."
The programme besides intends to springiness nan students a chance to yet person their exertion utilized successful nan improvement of spacecraft, nan management said.
The CSLI is simply a business betwixt nan Air Force and U.S. Space Force Mission Concept Program.
"Air Force, and contractor unit reviewed nan proposals, selecting universities based connected nan acquisition impact, assemblage programme effect and development, number outreach and support, and relevance to NASA aliases nan Department of Defense," NASA said successful a statement. "Three of this year's awardees -- University of Central Florida, Florida Atlantic University, and Tarleton State University -- are Minority Serving Institutions."
This year's selections are:
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
- University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla.
- University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.
- Northeastern University, Boston
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
The students will walk 7 weeks astatine nan Air Force's University Nanosatellite Program accommodation successful Albuquerque, N.M., wherever 3 students will service arsenic interns pinch nan Space Dynamics Laboratory.
"During nan program, nan students will activity pinch mini outer experts for continuous feedback and guidance to thief amended assemblage proposals and summation those teams' imaginable of being selected to alert to abstraction arsenic portion of NASA's CSLI aliases nan Air Force's nanosatellite opportunities," NASA said.
The abstraction management said utilizing nan CSLI to pull and clasp students successful STEM strengthens nan early workforce, some astatine NASA and passim nan country.
A CubeSat is among a people of investigation spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are astir 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm and typically measurement little than 2 kg.
This communicative has been updated to explain nan programme nan universities were selected for.
