Columbus Space Program
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Columbus Space program is the initiative that covers FIRST team 4188, DREAMS high altitude balloon science, and the NASA CubeSat program in Columbus, GA
The Columbus Space program is made up of three separate but related initiatives: robotics, high-altitude balloon science, and cubeSAT design and implementation. Our program encompasses the FIRST Team 4188, which competes in Georgia in robotics competitions. Formerly referred to as Columbus Corps robotics, the team is currently undergoing a rename. The students participating attend local high schools. FIRST Robotics Competition has been a way for our team members to excel in engineering, CAD, business, and leadership. The assistance it has provided for the college acceptance of our alumni is significant and undeniable. Over the past few years, six of our own team members have been accepted into MIT, and many of the others attend schools including Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins, Auburn, and Mercer. The majority of our alumni have chosen to major in STEM fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science. FIRST Team 4188 has also launched several careers, including internship with Google and SpaceX. The DREAMS program is unique to the Columbus area. DREAMS (Doing Research at Extreme Altitudes for Motivated Students) is based on a high altitude balloon science platform, and was developed by members of the Columbus Space Program. We are currently in planning for DREAMS 23, in support of our third initiative - the CubeSat program. We are applying for NASA's CubeSat Initiative, under this program. This program is a NASA Cubesat Launch Initiative Proposal from the Columbus Space Program & AMSAT. Primary focus area: Advance technology readiness level for a new type of magnetometer core and to advance an education plan using national K-12 networks. Our proposal was submitted with OGRE (Opelika High School) in Fall 2020, and has been selected as a FINALIST for continuing on.
09/26/2026
CSP 4188 is dedicated to spreading our love of STEM and FIRST from our local community to the world 🌎 Three cheers for our Business team for sharing a wonderful presentation about outreach at Georgia FIRST Robotics' Symposium from our headquarters in Columbus, GA!
A shout-out to our Business mentor for presenting this morning from England and continuing to mentor FRC and FTC from afar as well as support FIRST in 🇬🇧❤️
Muscogee County CTAE Muscogee County School District
09/12/2026
What an amazing FTC Kick off for the Muscogee County School District League! A huge thank you to Muscogee County CTAE for inviting our FRC team to lead all of the sessions 🤖
In two years, we've grown from 4 to 8 to 16 FTC teams!! Best of all, we're growing as a robotics community by engaging in fun - from balloon teamwork challenges, BioBuzz bee jokes, to team cheer comps. And we're engaging in coopertition through brainstorming sessions on robot strategy and award prep.
14 middle/high schools. 16 teams. 200+ students, teachers, and mentors making Columbus truly a STEM community for all 💙💚
Georgia FIRST Robotics FIRST Robotics Competition
09/12/2026
Countdown to the Muscogee County School District FTC Kick-Off! We can't wait to host this kick-off and see what season has in store for our FTC teams! 🐝 Muscogee County CTAE Georgia FIRST Robotics 😊
09/03/2026
Thank you Girl Scout Historic Georgia for inviting us to participate in Adventure Day! From young girls to teens to families - We loved being able to spark curiosity, creativity, and conversations with people in our community 🤖💙💚Muscogee County CTAE Georgia FIRST Robotics
08/29/2026
Who are we? A student-led team! Check out Sophia, our Electrical Lead (in a blue sweater), teaching a master class with our FRC prospective students.
She's using inquiry based learning by using last year's bot to analyze the "why." What does the "can" mean in cancoder? What would you do differently?
Future electricians can't learn by studying a textbook. They need hands-on practice to explore all the "whys" and "what-ifs."
Also, Sophia brought in a White Board to take class notes. 🔥
08/18/2026
Who is ready for both FTC and FRC seasons? CSP is! 💚💙
08/08/2026
We're using tiny robots to start big conversations with our elders in a memory care unit.
These folks are artists, professors, authors, and CEOs.
Their memories may be fading, but their intellect and spunkiness are amazing!
They are inspiring 💕
08/02/2026
Exciting news incoming! Watch this space the next few weeks 😊
Is this a deer in the headlights, or a young doe eager to share that our team has raised some amazing kids to move from FLL to FTC? And we're as as working on moving FTC kids to FRC.
Follow our journey.
06/16/2026
Last year's FRC theme was "Rebuild."
CSP embodied this theme by reaching out and connecting with elders in our community.
That spark. Lit. A. Fire.
Stay tuned.
06/10/2026
On Wednesdays we wear pink...Or, in our case, we wear FTC green! 🐝 We wrapped up FTC Camp with robo-matches, time outside, awards, and doing a CADathon to prep for next year's season.
We love our FTC Columbus League and were super-excited to have 9 teams representing Shaw and Columbus High Schools as well as middle schoolers from Baker, Fort, Richard's, and Veterans.
One community united in STEM ❤️
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3900 Baker Plaza Drive
Columbus, GA
31903
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| Thursday | 4pm - 7pm |
| Friday | 4pm - 7pm |
| Saturday | 1pm - 7pm |
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