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Sputnik's Child is Certified Space Imagination Product
The Space Foundation has recognized Sputnik’s Child, a novel by Bentley University professor Fred Ledley, as a Certified Space Imagination ProductTM, and Ledley has pledged to donate profits from the sale of the book to support Space Foundation education programs. The novel, which was released this month, recalls the events that shaped the ideas and…
Student Art Contest Deadline is Jan. 31
Young artists with an interest in space have a rare opportunity to be part of the global space community by entering the 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The Space Foundation invites students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, or equivalent, throughout the world to enter original artwork depicting the theme “Space is Infinite – Explore!” for an…
Space Foundation Partner Plots Santa's Route
For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), have tracked Santa along his yuletide journey. And, since 2007, NORAD Tracks Santa has been a Space Foundation Certified Imagination PartnerTM. It all began on Christmas Eve back in 1955 after a Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement directed children to…
Space Technology: Making Things Better
You may be aware of the important role that space products and services play in your daily life, providing weather information, communications, entertainment and a host of capabilities. But did you also know that space technology is improving the way that other products are created? The following three technologies are making valuable contributions to the…
Space Foundation Holiday Card Features Student Art
The 2011 Space Foundation holiday card features a beautiful vision of the cosmos created by one of the winners of the 2011 Space Foundation Student Art Contest. Joann Wong of Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs, Colo., was 2nd place winner in the grade 9-12 multimedia category. Her work, embellished with the word “peace,” is also featured in…
Author Mark Stevenson Hosts Hall of Fame Dinner
London-based author, comedian and innovation expert Mark Stevenson will headline the annual Space Technology Hall of Fame® dinner on April 19, 2012, at the 28th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Stevenson’s book, An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, has been called “a coherent and entertaining journey through the world…
Space Foundation Hosts Second China Delegation
In November, the Space Foundation led our second delegation to visit space facilities in Beijing and Shanghai, China. The visit was at the invitation of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which sent a group to the Space Foundation-hosted 27th National Space Symposium last April. Led by Space Foundation Senior Vice President -…
Bruce Carlson is a Featured Speaker
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Bruce Carlson, will be a featured speaker at the 28th National Space Symposium, to be held April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Presented by the Space Foundation, the 28th National Space Symposium brings together all sectors of space to highlight accomplishments and address opportunities and issues…
Gen. Shelton Slated for Symposium
Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command, will be a featured speaker at the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium, which is set for April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is currently scheduled to speak Tuesday afternoon, April 17. Shelton joins a roster of high-level industry, military, civil…
Ball Aerospace Sponsors Exhibit Center
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will sponsor the 28th National Space Symposium exhibit center with an impressive and comprehensive array of the latest space technology, equipment and services. The Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center will now include the new Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center Pavilion, located adjacent to the Carriage Museum at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado…