Spotlight
GMV Wins "GALILEO Masters 2009" Prize
Space Foundation partner GMV has won the prestigious Galileo Masters 2009/European Satellite Navigation Competition prize for its osmógrafo® application, a revolutionary system for helping K9 search-and-rescue teams in post-disaster situations. GMV is a patron-level sponsor of the Space Foundation and three of its products are designated by the Space Foundation as Certified Space Technologies™. Launched…
Teacher Liaison Spotlight: Hakan Armağan
Hakan Armağan isn’t a typical high school teacher, or even a typical Space Foundation Teacher Liaison. In addition to being an extraordinary teacher, Armağan has completed three years in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Academics Creating Teacher-Scientists program, he has a graduate degree in physics, he has developed a new class called Energy and Nuclear Science, and…
Become a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison
Do you have what it takes to become a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison? Apply now to become one of the select educators from across the nation chosen to be a part of this prestigious, nationally recognized program that provides an elite group of educators with numerous benefits and privileges to help them grow their teaching…
Space Foundation Discovery Institute Classes Start
The Space Foundation recently held its first Space Across the Curriculum courses at the new Space Foundation Discovery Institute on the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy campus in Colorado Springs. The first class was held the week of Nov. 2-6, just one-and-a-half weeks after the Space Foundation education department moved into the new location. The Space…
Space Art is Coming; Truly is Speaking
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center will present NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration, Dec. 19 – March 7, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. In addition to 73 works of art, including paintings, drawings,…
Strategic Space Symposium Attracts a Crowd
The Strategic Space Symposium is attracting more than 1,800 people to the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2-4, with a program that covers a broad range of space issues from the warfighter’s perspective. An impressive group of speakers from the military, Department of Defense, U.S. and allied government, and industry are speaking on a variety of topics, including space…
26th National Space Symposium Promises to Be Best
There is already a buzz in the air about the 26th National Space Symposium. Scheduled for April 12-15 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., the 2010 event may just be the biggest and best ever held. The Exhibit Center – always a mind-boggling array of the latest space technology – is sold out…
Why Attend the 26th National Space Symposium?
In addition to outstanding speakers, feedback from attendees of last year’s 25th National Space Symposium cited a variety of great reasons for attending: “It’s exceptionally well-organized and run, offers the best opportunity of the year for contact with senior government officials … (that’s) of greatest value to us, that’s what really justifies our investment in…
Become a Space Foundation Corporate Member
Although it is still five months away, the Space Foundation is finding that companies from within the space industry, the satellite industry, new commercial space ventures, and even from non-aerospace sectors, are already looking ahead to the 26th National Space Symposium scheduled for April 12-15, 2010, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. As the…
Toffler Paper: New Innovators; Same Old Problems
In June, Space Foundation partner Toffler Associates held a meeting in conjunction with the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York where leaders from the public and private sectors discussed the future of the space industry. Toffler Associates combined input from this group with its own observations, research, and experience plus data from The Space Report…