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Leesburg, Virginia — July 14, 2021 — Today, Higher Orbits was selected to receive a $1 million grant from Blue Origin’s Club for the Future. This generous donation will allow Higher Orbits to build a science-focused generation, inspired by space through its Go For Launch! and Space at Home programs.

Leesburg, Virginia — July 13, 2021 — With the support of Scot Forge and The Shores of Turtle Creek, Higher Orbits celebrates the fourth year of Go For Launch! Spring Grove, held July 20-23, 2021.

Tara Sweeney selected to lead the Higher Orbits Diversity and Inclusion Coalition, creating opportunities for underserved and underrepresented youth

Geoscientist, mentor, former parabolic flight crewmember, and retired United States Air Force Special Operations Command officer Tara Sweeney has been appointed to steer the Diversity and Inclusion Coalition at Higher Orbits.

Higher Orbits will present the North Dakota Space Ag Series of Go For Launch! events in Bismarck (July 6-8) and Fargo (August 16-18), thanks to partnerships with Grand Farm, energized by Emerging Prairie, and National Day Calendar. The series was put in motion in 2019, when Michelle Lucas, Founder and Executive Director of Higher Orbits, delivered her talk, “Failure Must Be An Option,” at TEDxFargo.

Cape Canaveral, Florida — June 3, 2021 — Higher Orbits is pleased to mark the launch of student-led research to the International Space Station from the 2019 Series winners, Team V Atlas, and the AIAA Apollo Series winners, Team Flammenwerfer Axolotls, onboard SpaceX CRS-22.

Michigan Students Compete for Research Opportunity on the International Space Station with Higher Orbits and the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association

The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association and Higher Orbits announce their partnership for the 2021 Go For Launch! Series launching in Alpena this June.

Leesburg, Virginia — March 10, 2021 — Art allows imaginations to soar. Artists of all ages have the chance to compete for their works to fly to the the edge of space on Space Perspective’s first test flight Neptune One.

Leesburg, Virginia — March 9, 2021 — Higher Orbits honors three top supporters committed to the nonprofit’s mission that encourages the next generation of STEMists. Inaugural award recipients include an astronaut, a student ambassador and social- media influencer, and a graphics designer.

Tallahassee, Florida — Feb. 8, 2020 — Three Tallahassee teens, Iyshwary Vigneswaran Warren, Iynthury Vigneswaran Warren, and Shikha Patel, will send algae to the International Space Station in hopes their findings help those studying climate change and future energy production. The three are Team Lotus, which won the Higher Orbits Go For Launch! event at the Challenger Learning Center in January 2020. Recently Team Lotus’s project competed with other Go For Launch! event winners nationally for the opportunity to launch to space.

Moths and termites fly to new heights next week as students from the Chicago area and Lexington, Kentucky, study the effects of microgravity on moth chrysalis formation and methane-producing termites. The two teams won STEM challenges conducted by nonprofit Higher Orbits.