Next Frontier Tour kicks off and Space Challenge’s design winners announced!
Base 11 was joined by more than 100 students, industry leaders, and academics at Caltech on June 24 to officially kickoff the Next Frontier Tour and celebrate the winners in Phase 1 of the Base 11 Space Challenge. Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin inspired guests...
US Black Engineer
At a special ceremony held February, Melvin joined experts from Dassault Systèmes, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, and Base 11 to present a $1.6 million check for aerospace workforce development. The grant will fund a rocketry lab and launch a student rocketry team at Maryland’s leading public urban research university.
STEM Heroes of the Future Complete Their Base 11 Internships
By Jade Kim, Student Success Specialist The Base 11 Academic Year Internships at UCI wrapped up in May and in June at Caltech — and the results were impressive. With a total cohort of 28 students and a 100% retention rate, this was one of Base 11’s most successful...
Geekwire
Meanwhile, another space contest for students has made a round of awards: The Base 11 Space Challenge.... Read more.
SpaceQ
Concordia University and UBC have strong showing at Base 11 rocket challenge. Read more.
Base 11 Awards Initial Prizes in $1M+ Student Rocketry Contest
Base 11 announced the winners of the prizes for Phase 1 — the design phase — of the Base 11 Space Challenge, a student rocketry competition with more than $1 million in prizes on the line, and the ultimate goal to increase diversity in the aerospace workforce.
Pasadena Now
Next Generation of Rocket Scientists Blasts Off at Caltech. Read more.
Cristo Rey Philadelphia Students Fly High….Again
Another year, another class of high school seniors building and flying their very own drones. Cristo Rey Philadelphia just completed their second year of the Autonomous System Engineering Academy course where high school students, led by teacher Eva Porter, learned...
KYW Newsradio
It's liftoff in North Philly as students fly drones built in engineering class. Read more.