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The Space Store is Certified Imagination Partner
The Space Foundation welcomes The Space Store as its newest Certified Imagination Partner. Based in Englewood, Colo., The Space Store offers a wide variety of space-related products ranging from books to memorabilia to exclusive replica spacesuits, as well as Space Foundation merchandise including Space Shuttle posters and postcards. Found online at www.TheSpaceStore.com, The Space Store…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM at AMOS
The Space Foundation inspired new generations of potential space leaders at the 12th Annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i, by hosting a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. In addition, Space Foundation Vice President – Washington Operations Brendan Curry was a featured…
Eagle Eyes Sponsors Beautiful Eyes Contest
Space Certification Corporate Patron Partner and 2010 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductee Eagle Eyes Optics® is one of the sponsors of Prevent Blindness America’s Most Beautiful Eyes Contest, which gives children across the United States the chance to become the face of the Star Pupils program in 2012 and win a $25,000 scholarship. Parents of…
Space Certification Partner Selected for Showcase
Space Foundation Space CertificationTM Partner Psoria-ShieldTM has been selected by Space Florida and the (Florida) Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) to present at the I2 (Igniting Innovation) Capital Acceleration Showcase Sept. 7 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tampa-based Psoria-ShieldTM is one of only 10 companies chosen from among 62 Florida technology firms that applied to…
MSC: One of "The Ten Original Software Companies"
MSC Software Corporation, developer of NASA’s Structural Analysis Computer Software (NASTRAN) that was among the very first Space Technology Hall of Fame® inductees, was recently recognized in an article published by MaximumPC as one of “The 10 Original Software Companies” along with mainstream software technology innovators IBM, Computer Sciences Corporation, Apple and Microsoft. In 1965,…
NASA/ESA Discussing ATV Collaboration
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA are discussing potentially combining parts of ESA’s existing Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space station freighter with NASA’s U.S. Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) for human voyages into deep space. According to Spaceflight Now, the ATV’s service module could be attached to the MPCV, or Orion, capsule for crewed expeditions…
What's Space Got to Do With It?
Most people don’t have a clue about how much of their daily lives are improved by space innovations… stuff that was originally developed to complete space missions, safely launch rockets, keep astronauts healthy, make routine tasks possible in microgravity, conduct complex experiments … now used to make us safer, healthier, more comfortable and more efficient.…
Space Foundation Headed for AMOS Conference
The Space Foundation is emphasizing the future of space with programs at the 12th Annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. In addition, Space Foundation Vice President — Washington Operations Brendan Curry is on the…
Student Art Contest to Launch Soon
Watch the Space Foundation website – www.SpaceFoundation.org – for an announcement later this month with details of how to enter the Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The theme for 2012 is Space is Infinite – Explore! Here are some basic details; full details will be available Sept. 12: The contest is open to students in…
Astronaut Good Joins Heroes at Festival
The Space Foundation will bring a true American hero to the Chick-fil-A Patriots’ Festival and Ride for Heroes to be held at Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado Springs on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Space Foundation is a sponsor of the event and has arranged for NASA Astronaut Col. Michael T. Good, USAF (Retired), to sign…