Contact Information

• Louisiana Space Consortium
• Department of Physics and Astronomy
• 364 Nicholson Hall
• Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge, La 70803-4001


• Tel: 225-578-8697
• Fax: 225-578-1222


• Email: eads@phys.lsu.edu

Contact List

- Institutional Coordinators -BREC/Highland Road Park ObservatoryDillard UniversityGrambling State University and A & M CollegeJacobs Technology at Michoud Assembly FacilityLouisiana Art & Science Museum / Pennington PlanetariumLouisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary EducationLouisiana Board of RegentsLouisiana Business & Technology CenterLouisiana State UniversityLouisiana State University Agricultural CenterLouisiana State University and A & M CollegeLouisiana State University in ShreveportLouisiana Tech UniversityLoyola UniversityMcNeese State UniversityNicholls State UniversityNorthwestern State University of LouisianaSciPort Louisiana's Science CenterSoutheastern Louisiana UniversitySouthern University and A & M CollegeSouthern University and A & M CollegeSouthern University in New OrleansTulane UniversityUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteUniversity of Louisiana at MonroeUniversity of New OrleansXavier University of Louisiana

National Office Links

• National SpaceGrant Office
• NASA Headquarters

~John P. Wefel
Professor and Director
Louisiana Space Consortium
Louisiana NASA EPSCoR

LaSPACE NEWS

October 1, 2011: HASP Call for Payloads 2012 Released: The HASP Call for Payloads (CFP) 2012 has been released and application materials are now available on the HASP website "Participant Info" page and the LaSPACE website "Opportunities" page. Student groups interested in applying for a seat on the September 2012 flight of HASP should download these materials and prepare an application. A Q&A Teleconference for groups interested in HASP will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 10:00 am (central time). Applications will be due on Friday, December 16, 2011. See the CFP document for details.


• 
• 2011 John Mather Nobel Scholar: The National Space Grant Foundation named Frederick Moxley III as a John Mather Nobel Scholar for 2011. Moxley studies engineering as a PhD student at Louisiana Tech University, working to correlate solar wind and exosphere data for the moon and Mars. The distinguished prize includes a $3,000 travel allowance for presenting research at professional conferences. Read more about the award and the other four recipients at www.spacegrant.org/mather.
  
  
• The Fall 2011 Space Porter, official newsletter of the Louisiana Space Consortium, is out! Take a moment to catch up on what your colleagues and students have accomplished over the past year. Last year's Space Porter is also available under "LaSPACE Documentation" in the menu above.
  
  
• Zachary School on STS-134: Earlier this year, students and educators from the Zachary Community School District earned the opportunity to conduct an experiment on the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, STS-134. Co-Principal Investigators Alexis Albert, Grace Dry, Madison Russell, and Leanne Sorrel, Co-Investigators Tyler Jackson and Jake O'Brien, 5th grade students from Copper Mill Elementary and teacher Circe Bridges designed the experiment titled "What is the Effect of Microgravity on the Growth Rate of Murine Myoblasts?"
  
  Experiment facilitator Circe Bridges provided insight on the impact that the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) had on not only the students in the classroom but also the Zachary community as whole. "Something about SSEP has ignited curiosity in the city. The initial excitement of an experiment in space transformed into excitement over science!" Take a moment to read her full blog post here.
  
  More information on the program can be found at http://ssep.ncesse.org, or you can contact Zachary's SSEP Community Program Director Tammy Wood at tammy.wood@zacharyschools.org or 225-270-2787 or Adonica Duggan at adonica.duggan@zacharyschools.org.
  Original Press Release