Posts by Space Foundation Editorial Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 7, 2002) — Artists Joy Day and B.E. Johnson have created both a massive sculpture and a smaller individual award to honor the recipients of the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award, named for the late Space Foundation Chairman. Both awards will be unveiled April 11 in Colorado Springs…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.(Feb. 27, 2002) — Norman R. Augustine, Chairman Emeritus of Lockheed Martin and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, will receive the first Space Foundation General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The award is being presented to Augustine for his lifetime commitment to education, aerospace engineering and the…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2002) — `Star Trek ` creators the late Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry have been selected as the recipients of this year’s Space Foundation Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award will be presented April 8 during the National Space Symposium’s Opening Ceremony. Eugene Wesley “Rod” Roddenberry, Jr.…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 11, 2002) — “Sold out!” The Space Foundation has just announced that the nearly 26,000-sq. ft. exhibit center at the 18th National Space Symposium is sold out. The Boeing Company is sponsoring the center, which includes more than 80 space companies showcasing the latest aerospace technologies and services. Known as the…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 8, 2002) — The Space Foundation announced today that the Honorable Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force and director, National Reconnaissance Office, has confirmed as a keynote speaker for the 18th National Space Symposium, scheduled April 8-11 in Colorado Springs. Teets is responsible for all actions of the…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 4, 2002) — The Space Foundation announced today that they have selected both the NASA/Industry Galileo Space Probe Team and the men and women of United States Space Command and its component organizations to receive the 2002 Space Foundation Space Achievement Award. 2002 is the first year the Space Foundation has…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 28, 2002) — The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation has elected William B. `Bill` Tutt to serve as chairman of the board for a two-year term beginning immediately. Tutt, who had previously served as vice chairman, succeeds the Honorable Jaime Oaxaca. Tutt is a principal in Tutco, chairman emeritus…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 18, 2002) — A new special event, the largest assembly of exhibitors ever and a program highly focused on customer requirements mark plans for the 18th National Space Symposium announced today by the Space Foundation. The symposium is scheduled for April 8-11 at the world-renowned Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. “Opening…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 18, 2001) — The Space Foundation, SPACE.com and Space News (a subsidiary of SPACE.com) have joined forces to establish the “Toulouse Schools’ Disaster Relief Fund,” an effort to raise money towards rebuilding recently damaged schools in southern France. On September 21, a massive chemical factory explosion in Toulouse killed 29 and…