Our annual Robot Combat event is back - and bigger than ever! In addition to robot battles, our 2026 event will include the Southwest Virginia Showcase. This robotics showcase will bring teams from around the region to share their robot and offer hands-on STEM activities. Meet the teams, drive the robots, and learn how to get involved with your local robotics teams.

This summer five local teens gained woodworking skills and confidence through an eight-week summer program by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Virginia, Vector Space, and BWX Technologies. Working together under Vector Space instruction, students and mentors built a sandbox and shade structure for the Jubilee Family Development Center.

Some people discover craftsmanship as a hobby. For Silas, it became not just a fascination but a way of life before most teenagers had their first job.

We could not have felt more supported or more grateful for the way Lynchburg showed up for our 10th Birthday Celebration on Saturday May 30th —and for the way this community has supported Vector Space over the past decade.

Vector Space congratulates Margot Marcais, a recent graduate of Amherst County High School, who, in her final semester, represented the region at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this year.

Vector Space is 10! We are throwing a birthday party to celebrate. Join us on Saturday, May 30 to mark this milestone together. Whether you are a first time visitor or seasoned maker, we hope you will join the celebration! RSVP to help us plan accurately: vector-space.org/10-year-anniversary-celebration
     
Silent Auction Sneak Peek

We are recruiting for the 2027 Robotics season!

Current 8-10th graders are invited to attend the Robotics Open House on Friday, May 15. Join us after school to tour the makerspace, meet the team, and check out the robot. 

Written by: Chelsea Tinklenberg
For several semesters, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with Vector Space—bringing my sculpture students into the metal shop to learn basic fabrication skills. What often begins as an introduction to tools and processes grows into something much bigger: a shift in confidence, a willingness to try, and a recognition that these tools—and this kind of making—are for everyone.

For eight years, Vector Space has proudly produced Maker Faire Lynchburg, bringing the curious minds of Central Virginia a feast of knowledge, creativity, and fun! For one spectacular day each year, Lynchburg comes alive with everything from trumpets that shoot fire to power tools that drag race, bananas that play synth sounds, and marble machines built in every direction imaginable.

Recently members came together to build a new forge for the Blacksmithing shop. Working off of plans purchased online, Elise Spontarelli and Chelsea Tinklenberg built the Apollo Forge. Made of 1/4" steel, the shell of of the forge was cut on the CNC plasma cutter. After a series of bending, refractory mixing, and welding, the forge was ready for assembly!