As the Columbus Space Program grew, we wanted to provide more opportunities for students in our community to engage in robotics. We created our three FTC teams in 2019. 

FTC 22327: CSP Ecliptic

Ecliptic 22327, originally Ecliptic 16934, was a previously an exclusively all-girls FTC team committed to providing an inclusive environment to spread STEM throughout the female community. Although Ecliptic is no longer an all-girls team, they continue to remain dedicated to FIRST. Since 2019, Ecliptic has qualified for the state championship three times (2023,2024,2025), has been the winning alliance twice (2024,2025), has won both Inspire 1st and 2nd place (2023,2025), and has produced two FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (Katya K. & Zaki H.).

FTC 16585: CSP Astrobots

FTC 16585, CSP Astrobots, started in 2019 as a co-ed FTC Team dedicated to providing high-school students an opportunity to have hands-on roles in the engineering field. Since 2019, the Astrobots have qualified for State three times, been the 3rd best scoring robot in the district, and trained many team members to become an integral part of their parent team, FRC 4188. Astrobots also strives to participate in 4188's initiatives to better the community around it, helping mentor many FTC and FLL teams across the district. 

RETIRED

FTC 22328: CSP Space Devils

Founded in 2019 as FTC 17173, the CSP Space Devils team is a program designed to provide high school students the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the engineering field with a lesser time commitment than FRC. In 2019, CSP Space Devils qualified for State with their well-built robot. However, due to a lack of people, FTC 17173 was forced to disband in 2020. In 2022, the influx of new members allowed us to once again have 3 FTC teams.