Base 11 Victory Circle Student Competes in Martian Rover Competition
By Jade Kim, Operations Administrator at Base 11 The day we finally send people to Mars is quickly approaching, and when we do, those future Martian explorers will need to be equipped with the latest in rover technology to work alongside. Our very own Victory Circle...
What’s the Record for a University Liquid Bipropellant Rocket?
By Christine Byrd, Base 11 The Base 11 Space Challenge is a $1 million competition for the first student-led university team to build a liquid-fuel rocket that reaches 100,000 km, the Karman Line. No university team to date has reached the Karman line with a solid...
Base 11 Newsletter — July 2018
$1.5 Million opportunity for an HBCU | Putting the A in STEAM | Verizon Innovative Learning Summer Programs: "I am the future of STEM" | New Team Member Michael DuBois | STEM Hero: Astronaut Leland Melvin
Howard University Preps Minority Males for a Future in STEM
By Jade Kim, Operations Administrator at Base 11 We all know the importance of cultivating a student's love of STEM at an early age, but how exactly can we do that? Howard University provides one example. As one of the 24 participating universities in the Verizon...
Grio Good News Report
What would your HBCU do with 1.5 million dollars? One lucky HBCU is on track to find out thanks to a huge grant from the organization Base 11. Read more.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
One HBCU Will Win $1.5M Grant for Rocketry Program. Read more.
Black Engineer
Million dollar grant to ramp up HBCU Aerospace. Read more.
Base 11 and Sigma Pi Phi Announce $1.5 Million Grant to Support Rocketry at an HBCU
Grant Aims to Improve Diversity in Aerospace Talent Pipeline Cincinnati, OH, June 25, 2018 -- The nonprofit Base 11 has received a $1.5 million gift to improve diversity in the aerospace talent pipeline. With the money, Base 11 will fund a grant to one Historically...
Base 11 Launches the $1M Space Challenge
By Jade Kim, Operations Administrator at Base 11 More than 120 attendees from a dozen schools and 26 companies, all united for one reason: to officially launch the $1m+ Base 11 Space Challenge. The event was held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Tomorrow's Aeronautical...