Maryland Space Grant Consortium Program Highlights MidAtlantic Regional

Maryland Space Grant Consortium Program Highlights Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting 2006 September 14

Balloon Payload Project

Balloon Payload Project • 9 Launches to date • U. Maryland, Morgan State U. , Hagerstown CC, & Carver Center (high school) & other parts of NASA • Teays attended the Colorado Workshop • Special challenges in Maryland • DCSGC • Some interesting payloads this summer

Sending eggs to 100, 000 feet on a balloon, and then returning them to Earth on a parachute Made it! Unfrozen! Unbroken!

RECTIFICATION, GEOREFERENCING, AND MOSAICKING OF IMAGES ACQUIRED WITH REMOTELY OPERATED AERIAL PLATFORMS Gabriel B. Ladd University of Maryland Eastern Shore ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada ♦ May 1 -5, 2006

AIRSPACES

Summer Internships • NASA Academy – sponsored 2 students – Team project will be presented at the AAS DPS meeting • Robotics Academy – GSFC & ARC • APL • Summer Institute in Engineering & Computer Applications • SAWDRIP

NASA Summer Aerospace Workforce Development Research Internship Program • Partnership with GSFC and the Maryland Space Business Roundtable • Six participants this year • Expect to expand it next summer

2006 SAWDRIP Interns

2006 SAWDRIP INTERNS

September 16 -18, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Hyatt Regency at the Inner Harbor Co-hosted with the Space Telescope Science Institute

Exhibit booth • MDSGC and National Space Grant Foundation booth at the meeting • All Space Grants encouraged to use the booth to – Distribute materials – Tell people about Space Grant – Meet other Space Grant participants