Spotlight
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…
Plan Now to Attend Cyber 1.2
Space and cyberspace will intersect at the Space Foundation national conference, Cyber 1.2, to be held Monday, April 16, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Like the 2011 Cyber 1.1 conference, Cyber 1.2 will focus on senior leadership views on Department of Defense and industry cyber activities, with emphasis on hot button issues, human…
Long Slated for National Space Symposium
For the first time at a National Space Symposium, Letitia A. Long, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,has joined the growing roster of high-level industry, military, civil space and academic speakers at the premier gathering of space professionals, the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium, which is set for April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel…
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…
Apply Now To Become a Teacher Liaison
The Space Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2012 flight of Teacher Liaisons. This will be the tenth year of this prestigious, nationally recognized program that provides select honored educators numerous benefits and privileges, helps strengthen their teaching skills, builds resumes and influences education at a national level. The deadline to apply is Friday,…
Index Performance in 3Q2011
It was a difficult quarter for most of the U.S. stock market and the Space Foundation Indexes were no exception. The third quarter of 2011 saw an abrupt end to the growth that characterized the first half of the year. The Space Foundation Index declined in the third quarter by slightly more than 20 percent,…