NASA offers real-world experiences, with the goal of developing students’ skills and capabilities in science, technology, engineering and math, skills critical to building a STEM-literate workforce and achieving the nation's exploration goals. In 2016, the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and the Office of Education National Space Grant Program (OE Space Grant) awarded $8 million through the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) to 47 student teams to conduct hands-on research with 23 of the projects being CubeSat projects. The USIP student teams proposed science or technology experiments that are relevant to NASA missions, and the platform to fly their payload. The platforms include sounding rockets, scientific and hand-held balloons, aircraft, suborbital reusable and commercial launch vehicles, and CubeSats launched as a secondary payload on an orbital vehicle. The mission management for USIP was the responsibility of NASA Goddard Space Flight Centers Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia. The university faculty supporting USIP attest to the benefits students are receiving in the hands-on aspects of the projects, as well as the real-world problem resolution. The USIP university teams are receiving an authentic NASA educational experience that will encourage the students to be part of NASA’s or the Nations’ future workforce and leaders.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    NASA Undergraduate Student Instrument (USIP) Project--Lessons Learned


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Conference on Small Satellites ; 2019 ; Logan, UT, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-08-03


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    NASA Undergraduate Student Instrument (USIP) Project--Lessons Learned

    J. L. Winterton / D. Pierce / J. Letchworth et al. | NTIS | 2019


    NASA Procurement Lessons Learned

    Butts, Glenn C. | NTRS | 2011


    NASA Procurement Lessons Learned

    G. C. Butts | NTIS | 2011


    NASA Materials Related Lessons Learned

    Garcia, Danny / Gill, Paul S. / Vaughan, William W. et al. | NTRS | 2002