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Second View: We Must Work Together to Improve STEM Education
Space Watch includes a monthly feature, called Second View, that shares a viewpoint from a Space Foundation team member. The column complements CEO Elliot Pulham’s The View From Here and expands our ability to share Space Foundation views and issues. This column is by Iain Probert, Space Foundation Vice President – Education I am drawn…
NASA Kepler Mission Awarded John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration
The NASA Kepler Mission has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Space Foundation’s John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration. The award will be presented April 16 during the opening ceremony of the 28th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The NASA Kepler Mission is being…
Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight Selected for SpaceX Panel
Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao is one of five space experts selected by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to serve on a team to help the company create, in its words, “the world’s safest human spaceflight system.” SpaceX is one of the leading private companies working to…
Space Foundation Co-Sponsors Philharmonic Concert
The Space Foundation co-sponsored and hosted a booth at the Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s March 10 Vanguard Performance of Holst’s The Planets, Stravinsky’s Fireworks and Gandolfi’s The Garden of Cosmic Speculation. Also co-sponosred by the Colorado Springs Gazette and The Boeing Company, the concert was conducted by Associate Conductor Thomas Wilson and included a special cinematic presentation from the Colorado College Film Studies Program.…
Teacher/Aviator Wins Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Cynthia D. Waters, Ed.D., has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as the winner of the 2012 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. Named for Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, the award will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 28th National Space…
Brochure, Shuttle Art Win Awards
Three Space Foundation projects created by Crystal Peak Design, a Colorado Springs graphic design, advertising, marketing and website design agency, received 2011 Silver ADDY® Awards from AAF Colorado Springs. The materials recognized include the Introduction to Space Activities brochure and the Space Foundation’s commemorative Space Shuttle postcards and Space Shuttle posters. Introduction to Space Activities…
UNCOPUOS
This article is part of Space Watch: March 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 3).
More on LightSquared
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has written a letter to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), regarding the impact of the proposed LightSquared deployment of terrestrial operations on global positioning system (GPS) services. The letter informed Chairman Genachowski that based on the NTIA’s independent evaluation of the testing and analysis…
CEO Speaks at Florida Summit
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham delivered the keynote address at a meeting of leaders from key space states in Orlando in December, encouraging the states to work together to promote a strong NASA exploration program and inspire a new generation of explorers while liberating U.S. companies to compete globally. The conference, organized by the Eisenhower Center…
Green is Symposium Poster Artist
One of the most treasured keepsakes from the Space Foundation’s annual National Space Symposium is the commemorative space art poster, co-sponsored in 2012 by International Space University (ISU). The poster will be distributed to Symposium attendees from the Space Foundation booth at the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center. The poster art for the 28th National Space…