Space Foundation News
Space Technology Awareness Programs Highlighted at NASA Conference
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 30, 2007) — Space Foundation Director of Space Technology Awareness Kevin C. Cook recently attended and spoke at the NASA Innovative Partnership Program Quarterly Review in Cleveland, Ohio. This conference focused on the expanded development, application, and dissemination of life improving technologies spawned by our continued exploration of the cosmos. Participants…
Robotics Focus of Summer Institute Course
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 17, 2007) — The Space Foundation recently completed another successful Summer Institute course. The third in a five week series of graduate level courses for educators, “Space Technologies in the Classroom: Exploring Robotics and Satellites” was held July 9 – 13 on the Colorado Springs campus of Regis University. Participants studied the…
Maui Educator Wins Lucy Enos Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 12, 2007) — The Space Foundation announces the selection of Jennifer R. Wolski as the 2007 recipient of the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for teachers. Wolski teaches special education, physical, life, and earth science at King Kekaulike High School on the island of Maui. The scholarship provides funding for Wolski to participate…
Space Foundation Highlights Benefits of Remote Sensing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 11, 2007) — As part of the Space Foundation’s overall efforts to raise awareness about space, the Washington, DC office together with the Alliance for Earth Observations, organized a briefing for Congressional staff. Entitled “Benefits of Earth Observations,” the event was held on July 11 in the Rayburn House Office Building. The briefing…
Registration Open for Strategic Space and Defense 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 12, 2007) — Strategic Space and Defense is the definitive global security conference. Participants including the senior leadership of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), its component and supported commands and representatives of the national security industrial base are major participants in the program and related events. They will provide insight on the Command’s…
Second Summer Institute Course Explores Astronomy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 6, 2007) — The Space Foundation recently wrapped up a second week of the 2007 Summer Institute graduate courses for educators. “Astronomy Principles for the Classroom: Exploring Our Galaxy,” focused on astronomy as it relates to astrobiology and the development of life on Earth, as well as the possibility of life elsewhere…
Space Foundation Participates in Space Exhibit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 30, 2007) — Space Foundation President and CEO Elliot Pulham and other team members attended the opening of a new space-themed exhibition at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colo., on June 29, 2007. The ceremony and reception for the exhibit entitled “Space Adventures” featured opening…
Summer Institute Completes Successful First Course
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 27, 2007) — The Space Foundation recently completed the first course in the 2007 Summer Institute series. Biological and Physical Research: Human Physiology and Nanotechnology, a graduate level course for educators, focused on the impacts of a microgravity environment on the human body. Throughout the course, participating educators examined how the cardiovascular,…
Space Foundation Leadership Participates in PIPES Roll Out
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 21, 2007) — Space Foundation leadership participated in the public roll out of the Partnership in Innovation Preparation for Educators and Students (PIPES) program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) on June 21, 2007. This program, a long-term initiative undertaken by UCCS and the Space Foundation, is intended to address…
Space Foundation Participates in NASA Roundtable in Denver
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 18, 2007) — Space Foundation president and chief executive officer Elliot G. Pulham joined Colorado Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien, Rep. Mark Udall, Sen. Ken Salazar, Maj Gen Andy Love, USAF (Retired), and a host of business, civic and academic leaders from Colorado in welcoming NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale to a…