Report from Headquarters
28th Annual Festival of Lights Parade to Feature Space Foundation Float
The Festival of Lights Parade is an annual tradition in Colorado Springs and this year will feature a unique float created by the Space Foundation. The 2012 theme is “Home for the Holidays” and the Space Foundation float will include school children surrounding a glowing globe of the Earth, our home in the universe. The Earth theme…
World Space Week to Feature Astronaut Programs
The Space Foundation is joining the annual global celebration of World Space Week with spectacular events, both public and private, for students, educators and families, including the opening of our new Visitors Center at our world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. World Space Week was launched by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999 with…
New Team Members Join Space Foundation
The Space Foundation recently welcomed two new team members at its world headquarters in Colorado Springs, graphic designer Phil Nowicki and space education specialist Amy Robinson. About Nowicki Phil Nowicki’s background includes design positions with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, AMI Industries, USWest Dex, Impact Confections and nearly 15 years with Current, Inc.…
Creating Aliens at the What IF….Festival
The Space Foundation was a prominent participant at the What IF… Festival of Innovation & Imagination, held in September in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. What IF…, in it’s third year and sponsored by Imagination Celebration, filled more than six square blocks downtown with activities demonstrating and encouraging innovation, imagination and creativity for all ages. Create an Alien…
Buy Your Tickets Now for the Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball
Tickets are now on sale for the first Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball. This volunteer fundraising event will be held at the Space Foundation World Headquarters, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., Colorado Springs, on Saturday, Oct. 27, 6:30-11:30 p.m., featuring dancing, classic sci-fi films, a silent auction and prizes for best costumes. Tickets are $20 per…
NASA Associate Administrator for Education Visits Space Foundation
A diverse background in materials science engineering, professional football and as an astronaut led Leland Melvin to his current position as NASA Associate Administrator for Education. Recently, he traveled to Colorado Springs on an educational tour hosted by the non-profit organization Shades of Blue, which encourages students to explore careers in the aviation and aerospace…
Tickets Still Available for Sept. 14 AFSPC Event
Individual tickets are still available for The Space Foundation Presents a 30th Anniversary Salute to Air Force Space Command, which will celebrate the history and contributions of the Air Force Space Command and its 30-year heritage in the Pikes Peak community. Tables sold out in early August for the Sept. 14 event at The Broadmoor Hotel…
Space Foundation Team Member Gets Statewide Recognition
Space Foundation Executive Assistant Ewa Folden is the 2012 recipient of the Colorado State Air Force Association Medal of Merit. Folden has been a long-time supporter of the Air Force Association (AFA) in Colorado Springs, where she started as vice president of communications and editor of the quarterly newsletter. Folden has helped coordinate Outstanding Squadron…
Honoring Heroes and Those Who Serve
The Space Foundation is a sponsor of the Chick-fil-A Patriots’ Festival & Ride for Heroes, to be held Saturday, Sept. 8, at a new location this year – at Mountain Shadows Park and Chipeta Elementary School in Colorado Springs Colo. Combining three bicycle rides with an event that remembers September 11, 2001, and benefits police, firefighter and…
Good News for Colorado Springs Classical Music Fans
During the opening ceremony of the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in April, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic performed Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets Op. 32 by Gustav Holst. The Symposium concert was not open to the general public, but the Philharmonic later performed a public concert as…