Mavericks News Archive
January 2012 (1)
- 01-23: Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation Developing Civilian Space Education Research Centers (SERC)
Moffett Field, CA – The Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation, The Paton Group, and Inspirtech LLC today announce the formation of a Strategic Alliance whose mission is to establish Space Education Research Center’s to be located at 5 regional centers throughout California over the next 5 years.
August 2011 (1)
- 08-24: Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation And Caldwell Vineyard Launch A Partnership
Moffett Field, CA - The Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation and Rocket Science by Caldwell today announce the formation of a strategic alliance whose mission is to create and fund practical, hands-on programs that are designed to inspire and engage the next generation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read the press release.
December 2010 (1)
- 12-14: NASA Awards $400,000 for High School Ballooning Pilot Project
Augusta, Maine: Governor John E. Baldacci today announced that the Maine Space Grant Consortium has received a $400,000 award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a unique pilot project designed to increase high school students’ interest in science, technology and mathematics careers.
August 2010 (1)
- 08-16: NASA, MAVERICKS LAUNCH STUDY OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
NASA’s Ames Research Center and Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation today announced a collaboration to develop a high-altitude high-velocity air sampling system for NASA biological experiments. Read the press release.
July 2010 (2)
- 07-29: Nexus One Phone Rides a Rocket Up 28,000 Feet
Google’s Nexus One phone is going where few smartphones have gone before. A group strapped the Nexus One to the back of a rocket and launched it from the Nevada desert into the atmosphere to test the device’s performance up in the air. Read WIRED's full article. - 07-29: Sony and Intel Sponsor Clotho Astrobiology Research Project
Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation announced today that Sony Corporation and Intel Corporation have joined as sponsors of the Mavericks Clotho Project. Read the full article
June 2010 (5)
- 06-21: Clotho Flight Readiness Review
Final flight readiness review for Clotho Project July research operations. - 06-15: London Student To Join Nasa In Hunt For Life At The Edge Of Space
The London Evening Standard announces UK student, Rainbow Lo, to help NASA on the Clotho project, run by the Mavericks Foundation. See the Standard's full article. - 06-15: Two Budding UK Scientists Win Place On Mavericks Foundation Clotho Project
NESTA, the United Kingdom's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, congratulates two A-Level students for winning places on a joint research project between NASA and the Mavericks Foundation to discover if microscopic life exists in the extreme outer-atmosphere. For the full story, read the NESTA article. - 06-08: Mavericks Announces Launch of New Website
The newly redesigned Web site of the Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation goes live today on the World Wide Web. - 06-08: Clotho Project Research Launch
Astrobiology research mission to begin horizontal biosampling profile on sounding rockets and balloons up to an altitude of 150,000-200,000 FT AGL. Partnership with Oxford University, Stanford University, and NASA-Ames.
March 2010 (1)
- 03-01: Sony & Intel Sponsor “Mavericks In The Classroom” STEM Education Program
Sony announced a joint venture today with Intel and Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation called "The Rocket Project,” a “Mavericks in the Classroom” STEM Education program supporting Mavericks’ Clotho astrobiology research program.









