Maryland Space Grant Consortium – MDSGC supports hands-on learning opportunities and scholarships in higher education, professional development for educators, and public events to engage Marylanders in space science and engineering.

Latest News

2025 Student Research Symposium

August 4, 2025

April 8, 2024: Solar Eclipse

April 2, 2024

Observatory Images

May 26, 2023

A visualization of stellar open clusters

March 17, 2023

Preserving Dark Skies for Astronomy

April 1, 2022

Interactive Astrophysics Stories

June 7, 2021

Observe the Moon

September 24, 2020

Astronomy during the pandemic

August 28, 2020

NASA and ISS Videos

November 27, 2018

Opportunities

Scholarship Applications

The regular application deadline for Academic Year 2025-2026 scholarships was May 14, 2025. Any student may still submit an off-cycle … Continue reading “Scholarship Applications” [...]

MDSGC Summer Exchange Internship Program

Internship placements for summer 2025 have concluded. Each year, student interns are placed at participating MDSGC universities for a paid … Continue reading “MDSGC Summer Exchange Internship Program” [...]

RockOn Workshop – June 2025!

Update: The RockOn application for 2025 has closed. Congratulations to the Maryland teams who were accepted! This page will be … Continue reading “RockOn Workshop – June 2025!” [...]

Observatory Status

Friday, October 10

Weather permitting, we will be open in the evening of Friday, Oct 10. Check that day for updates!

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