Updates
Look Back: Year 9. Promise and Uncertainty
2021-2022 was an extraordinary period for magnitude.io/ filled with both promise and uncertainty. While the pandemic was raging, our work continued on. Great partners helped us redefine what these moments meant for learners around the world. ExoLab-9 launched aboard the SpaceX-23 cargo resupply spacecraft on 29 August 2021 along with 2,200 kg of payload to…
So Fun Scholarship 2024 [Look Back: Year 10]
In honor of our co-founder, I am pleased to announce the 2024 So Fun Scholarship will open on 21 June. Last year we had applicants from 6 countries, with awardees across 3 age groups. The scholarship program is in memory of the inspirational work of education leader and co-founder of magnitude.io/, Tony Fun Tong So…
World Space Week with Magnitude.io – Day 4: Senegal and South Africa
When Tony and I started Magnitude in 2013, we had no idea where it would go. We just knew we wanted to make a difference in the world through extraordinary learning moments. A few years later in 2017 our first mission to the International Space Station became a reality (yet even today I still have…
World Space Week – Day #3: Kenya and Morocco
A newly planted tree whip will not bear fruit immediately. It must be given ample water, light, and good soil. The young tree must also be given time to grow and mature. So too with the young minds and knowledge. A constant source of insight and inspiration for magnitude.io/ comes from our NGO partners. They…
World Space Week with Magnitude.io
Join magnitude.io/ from October 4-10 as we celebrate the on-going work of our partners and NGOs through World Space Week! With this year’s theme of sustainability, we will introduce some of our partners and the work they are doing in preparation for our next mission, ExoLab-10: Carbon Farmer. (You still have two weeks to join…