🚀 Introduce Yourself Here Welcome to the NC Space Hub Flight Crew! This community is being built around connection, collaboration, and opportunity — so the best place to start is by getting to know each other. Whether you are a student, educator, researcher, founder, engineer, veteran, workforce leader, small business owner, creative, space enthusiast, or simply someone curious about where North Carolina fits in the future of space, you belong here. Please introduce yourself by sharing: 1. 1. Your name 2. 2. Where you are based, or your connection to North Carolina 3. 3. What part of space, aerospace, STEM, aviation, defense, research, education, workforce, or innovation interests you most 4. 4. What you are working on, building, studying, exploring, or hoping to contribute 5. 5. What kind of opportunities, connections, or collaborations would be helpful to you 6. 6. One fun fact, space dream, or mission you would love to be part of 7. This is a place to be visible, generous, curious, and supportive. You never know who in this community may be able to open a door, share an opportunity, make an introduction, or help your next idea take flight. I’m so glad you’re here. Connect. Collaborate. Launch. 🚀

🚀 Welcome to the NC Space Hub Flight Crew I am so glad you are here! NC Space Hub was created because I believe North Carolina has the people, talent, ambition, and imagination to play a much bigger role in the future of space. I am originally from Australia (I thought I would mention that since you might detect a slight Aussie accent in my videos) but I live in Windsor in North Carolina with my American husband. I absolutely love North Carolina and the people, students and organizations who I have met in the space ecosystem - they are amazing! Across this state, there are students dreaming about space careers, educators opening doors, researchers building capability, founders creating new companies, veterans and military-connected communities with extraordinary skills, engineers solving hard problems, and space enthusiasts who simply want a way to be part of something bigger. You may have noticed the NASA Artemis II mission recently that had a North Carolina State University and NASA NC Space Grant Alum onboard (Astronaut Christina Koch). But too often, people are building in isolation. Or you have an interest in space and you don't know how to connect with others with that same interest. This community exists to help change that. The NC Space Hub Flight Crew is a place to connect, collaborate, share opportunities, ask questions, tell stories, and help make North Carolina’s space ecosystem more visible and accessible. Inside this community, you are invited to share: 🚀 who you are and what you’re working on🚀 jobs, internships, scholarships, and funding opportunities🚀 events, meetups, workshops, and programs🚀 research, startup, education, STEM, aerospace, aviation, defense, and workforce updates🚀 questions, ideas, introductions, and collaboration requests🚀 wins, launches, lessons learned, and stories worth amplifying This is not just a place to consume information. (But you can do that if you want!) You can participate if you would like to. My hope is that NC Space Hub becomes a launchpad for real connections, the kind that lead to projects, partnerships, student pathways, career opportunities, business growth, and a stronger statewide space community.