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Space Foundation Partners with Victory Service Dogs to Honor Veterans This Memorial Day

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | May 19, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — May 19, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced a new partnership with Victory Service Dogs in honor of Memorial Day. During the month of May, every $45 donation made to Space Foundation will provide an immersive science, technology, engineering, and…

Space Foundation and RTX Host Space in the Community Event in Colorado Springs

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | April 24, 2026
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Free STEM-Focused Family Event at Space Foundation Discovery Center COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 24, 2026 — Space Foundation and RTX are partnering once again for Space in the Community (SITC), bringing a week of space exploration and STEM fun to Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs from April 27–May 1. “Space exploration belongs…

StellarWorld Launches Lunar Cities

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | April 15, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 14, 2026 — StellarWorld today announced the public launch of Lunar Cities, a StellarWorld company established to develop permanent lunar settlement infrastructure and open the next phase of commercial participation in the cislunar economy. Launched at Space Symposium, Lunar Cities is being introduced as a structured program to help catalyze the…

Atomic-6 Launches ODC.space, the First Marketplace for Orbital Data Center Capacity

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | April 13, 2026
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New platform enables streamlined purchasing of orbital data center capacity that delivers in half the time of terrestrial alternatives MARIETTA, GA —April 13, 2026 – Atomic-6, a space systems manufacturer, today announced the launch of ODC.space, a new marketplace where AI developers, software providers, and government agencies can secure orbital data center (ODC) capacity on-demand.…

Space Foundation Announces Recipient of Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. New Generation National Security Scholarship

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | March 25, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 25, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced thatSpecialist 4 Logan E. Pinder, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the recipient of the Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. New Generation National Security Scholarship. The scholarship was established to encourage the…

Space Foundation and Charles County Public Schools Host Space in the Community event in Waldorf, Maryland

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | March 17, 2026
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Free STEM-Focused Family Event at James E. Richmond Science Center  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and WALDORF, Maryland — March 17, 2026 — Space Foundation and Charles County Public Schools are partnering once again for Space in the Community (SITC), bringing a week of space exploration and STEM fun to Charles County Public Schools in Waldorf, Maryland,…

Space Foundation Inducts Microgravity Treadmill and Neurala Brain Into 2026 Space Technology Hall of Fame

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | March 10, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 10, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced that two leading-edge technologies developed for space will be inducted into the 2026 Space Technology Hall of Fame®. The induction ceremony will take place during the annual Space Symposium, April 13-16, 2026,…

Artemis II’s Slow Crawl to the Moon: Inside the 8-Hour Journey to Launch

By Tom Roeder | February 20, 2026
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Learn how NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 moves the Artemis II rocket to Launch Pad 39B — and why a helium issue sent it back to the VAB.

Update: Amentum’s Breanne Rohloff and her big rig got an extra workout Feb. 25, when NASA engineers decided to roll the Artemis II back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center to diagnose a helium flow issue in the launch vehicle’s upper stage. She will get the long drive back on the crawler…

Space Foundation Selects Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Team and the Petit Family Foundation for 2026 Space Symposium Awards

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | February 18, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 18, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, has named Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 team for the 2026 Space Achievement Award and the Petit Family Foundation for the 2026 Athena Education Award. “The extraordinary contributions of these two organizations are…

Space Foundation Announces 2026 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration and Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Recipients

By Space Foundation Editorial Team | January 29, 2026
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 29, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced it has selected NASA’s Voyager Team as the recipient of the 2026 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration and the Estes Model Rocket Company as the 2026 Douglas…

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