For Day Four of the SEDS Spring Fundraiser, join us as we slingshot over to Mars and showcase some of the Martian developments happening in SEDS!
Meet the SEDS Redlands chapter! These students are initiating the chapter’s first ever Mars Rover Project within their chapter, aiming to not only to provide active learning opportunities to members, but to efficiently instill the skillsets as to create a strong foundation as the chapter grows. The project necessitates skillsets from electronics, computer science, and mechanical engineering (among other things) in the hopes that an interdisciplinary approach to a technical project will enable continuity in the group for years to come. Outside of technical work, the group prioritizes engaging their liberal arts campus through art competitions and field trips to extend their passion for space into their community.
Your support ensures students focused on fortifying teamwork and togetherness, such as the students with SEDS Redlands, have entry into professional workspaces.
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For Day Three of the SEDS Spring Fundraiser, join us as we make a pitstop on the Moon and highlight some of the SEDS lunar advances!
Your support extends to students with a passion that drives creation, like the students at NU SEDS, and allows them access into the space industry.
We would also like to release one of our limited edition postcard designs today, photographed by Orion Lamoureux from SEDS-UCF.
"Messier 45: The Pleiades"
Messier 45, also known as The Pleiades or The Seven Sisters, is a bright open star cluster located 410 light years from Earth in the Taurus constellation. As an open star cluster, the stars in the Pleiades were all born around the same time from an enormous cloud of gas and dust. The brightest stars in the formation are a luminous blue and have formed within the last 100 million years, with a lifespan of only a few hundred million years.
As one of the nearest star clusters to Earth, they are the easiest to see with the unaided eye. You can view them in the night sky almost anywhere in the world, and they have been humanity's companion in the sky for a long time. The name itself, the Pleiades, most likely comes from the Greek work "to sail" and was referenced in ancient Greece and the Mediterranean.
The photo was taken by Orion Lamoureux's own telescope in his backyard. As an aerospace engineering student at the University of Central Florida, after studying rocket science during the day he spends his nights looking up at the stars and with astrophotography on the side. He has been a part of SEDS for over 3 years, and looks forward to attending SpaceVision 2025 in the fall.
Every $25 donation gets a free postcard and goes directly to funding student scholarships for SpaceVision, with your impact is doubled!
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SpaceVision 2025
Celebrating 25 Years of Continued
Human Presence in Space
This year's SpaceVision recognizes the fantastic human feat of 25 years of continued presence in space. Looks back to the launch of the ISS and looking forward to the growth of LEO production and research industries, SEDS would like to extend an opportunity to celebrate and revel in the accomplishment that is long-term maintained presence at SV2025 with the University of Washington, Seattle.
Your support will help students gain the opportunity to attend and ensure SpaceVision is saturated with talented, passionate students that are eager to expand their horizons.
Every donation goes directly to student scholarships for SpaceVision, and gets matched by an anonymous donor up to $10,000.
As SEDS lifts off into a new year, we invite you to strap in and join us on our journey through the SEDS Solar System! Along the way, we will be making pitstops to show you what your donations have made possible, what you continued support means for the future of students throughout the nation, and even highlight some of the shining stars that turn budding ideas into blooming results.
For Day One of the SEDS Spring Fundraiser, strap in as we blast off with our rocket projects! SEDS USA gives out Chapter Grants for projects every Fall and Spring, and some of the projects we fund are rocket projects!
Meet the Cal Poly Space System Chapter at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo! SEDS was proud to award this fiery group of students with a Fall Grant award to help fund their Certification Rocket Program. This group embodies the perseverant spirit of SEDS students--like many of our SEDS members, these students aim to provide supplies, training, and materials for their members despite their varying background and proficiencies.
By utilizing teamwork to launch their goals into reality, chapters such as Cal Poly Space System are one part of what boosts SEDS forward.
Up next, meet SEDS UCF at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida! SEDS was proud to award these passionate students with a Fall and Spring grant for their Project Phoenix: Freedom rocket that will launch at this year's Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) Unlimited competition this June. These group of students are made up of various majors and backgrounds, and work hard to get their rocket to new heights! Getting experience in rocket projects like these allow students to gain and pursue a passion for rockets and space, and further them in their career and internships alike.
Donors like you make it possible for students to pursue their passions and make rocket projects like these a reality, and every donation counts!
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