Report from Headquarters
Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2009; Reveals Industry Growth to $257 Billion in Global Space Revenues
According to The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, released by the Space Foundation on the first day of the 25th National Space Symposium, overall worldwide space revenues grew nearly 2.5 percent in 2008, rising to $257 billion. This, despite a tough world economy The definitive overview of the global space…
Education Events Focus on the Next Space Age
The education events at the 25th National Space Symposium are designed to focus on the Next Space Age and how educators and students will play a major role in creating and living the future, echoing the theme of the symposium. “Our focus is to inspire the next generation of explorers,” said senior aerospace education specialist…
Space Foundation Participates In UNCOPUOS
The Space Foundation recently participated in the 46th Session of the Science and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). Meeting in Vienna, the committee considered a variety of agenda items including space debris, space-system-based disaster management support, recent developments in global navigation satellite systems, the use…
Space Certification Creates Business Opportunity
In a relationship facilitated by the Space Foundation, TransTech Corporation is now using the petroleum remediation product (PRP) technology developed by Universal Remediation, Inc., to clean up potential spills of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) associated with testing transformers for PCB content. PRP technology is officially recognized by the Space Foundation as a Certified Space Technology and…
Chiropractor Credits NASA and Space Foundation for New Treatment
Oxford, Ohio, Chiropractor Alan Hudson credited NASA and the Space Foundation in a recent article in the Oxford Press for his ability to measurably improve his patients’ pain. Hudson is one of many chiropractic doctors who have added the Insight Subluxation Station to their practice. “The technology is designed to measure some of those things…
Toffler Associates Joins the Space Foundation's Growing List of Corporate Members
The Space Foundation welcomes Toffler Associates as a Corporate Member at the Partner level. World-renowned futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler founded Toffler Associates to help organizations understand and succeed in the rapidly changing global society. The couple has been exploring the future for more than 40 years, and their ideas form the backbone of how the…
Space Foundation Brings Excitement of Space to 15 Chicago School Districts
The Space Foundation’s education team, aided by veteran space shuttle astronaut Dr. Jim Reilly, brought the excitement of space and space education to teachers and administrators from 15 western Chicago-area school districts on Jan. 26. At a joint workshop of school administrators and teachers, Space Foundation aerospace education specialists Bryan DeBates, Bobby Gagnon, and Chrys…
Water Security Corporation Goes Exclusive
Water Security Corporation, makers of water purification technology Microbial Check Valve (MCV®), are the newest Certified Space Program category exclusive partners. In addition to being a long-time program partner, Water Security Corporation is also a 2007 Space Technology Hall of Fame inductee, recognized for its role in commercializing MCV® Certified Space Technology. The MCV® purification…
2009 Space Foundation Corporate Members
Thank you to all of our 2009 Corporate Members! Corporate Membership with the Space Foundation places companies in the presence of industry giants and other successful, growing companies in the space industry. Space Foundation corporate members benefit from advance notice of Foundation event sponsorship and business opportunities, preferential exhibit hall positioning, reduced exhibit booth rates,…
The Space Foundation Recognizes New Corporate Members, Cobham, Jacobs, and WP Aerospace.
The Space Foundation welcomes three new companies to its growing list of Corporate Members. The Space Foundation’s newest Corporate Partner, Cobham, is a global company engaged in developing, delivering and supporting leading- edge aerospace and defense systems in the air, on land and at sea. Employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, Cobham has…