Posts by Space Foundation Editorial Team
S-Network Space Index is First Certified Space Data Product
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 13, 2019) — The Space Foundation announces the addition of the S-Network Space Index to its Space Certification program. The index is the inaugural entry in the newest Space Certification category, Space Data Products. Eligible products and services are those that either use data collected from space systems or provide data about space…
Read MoreData Transmission Technology and Interim Resistive Exercise Device are 2019 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 25, 2019) – The Space Foundation’s 35th Space Symposium will celebrate the induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® of two innovations developed for space that now improve life on Earth.
Read MoreSpace Foundation 2018 Annual Report
Since 1983, the Space Foundation has been dedicated to inspiring, educating, advocating, and connecting on behalf of the space community. As a charitable organization, we are committed to engaging the public, private, nonprofit, academic, and other sectors pursuing world-changing endeavors that benefit the public interest. In this, we bring together a diverse, international space community…
Read MoreAerojet Rocketdyne Powers WGS-10 Military Communications Satellite from Launch Pad to Orbit
Aerojet Rocketdyne Powers WGS-10 Military Communications Satellite from Launch Pad to Orbit RS-68A and RL10B-2 provide propulsion for United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket HiPAT™ rocket engine helps deliver spacecraft to its final orbital position Delta IV pressure vessels manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary ARDÉ CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., March 15,…
Read MoreSpace4U Podcast: Geoff Chester, Navy Observatory PAO
In this episode: We meet Geoff Chester, the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) for the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., a position he has held since 1997. Prior to joining the Observatory Geoff worked for the Smithsonian Institution’s Albert Einstein Planetarium in positions that ranged from Special Effects Technician to Staff Astronomer. Chester shares…
Read MoreSpace4U Podcast: Anita Greenberg, Commercial Astronaut Trainer
In this episode: We meet Dr. Anita Greenberg, COO and VP for Academics for Opifex Global out of Georgetown, Texas. Dr. Greenberg is not only an educator by training but also an accomplished and experienced entrepreneur. She’s part of a new generation of space industry members who are bringing new ideas, energy, approaches and creativity…
Read MoreMeet Geoff Chester in the Latest Space4U Podcast
In this episode: We meet Geoff Chester, the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) for the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., a position he has held since 1997. Prior to joining the Observatory Geoff worked for the Smithsonian Institution’s Albert Einstein Planetarium in positions that ranged from Special Effects Technician to Staff Astronomer. Chester shares…
Read MoreSpace4U Podcast: Meet Dr. Anita Greenberg
In this episode:
We meet Dr. Anita Greenberg, the COO and VP for Academics for Opifex Global out of Georgetown, Texas.
Read MoreSpace4U Podcast: Brother Guy, The Vatican Astronomer
In this episode we meet Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, was born in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1974 and Master of Science in 1975 in Earth and Planetary Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…
Read MoreSpace4U Podcast: Dr. Kavya Manyapu, Flight Crew Operations and Test Engineer
In this episode, we meet Dr. Kavya Manyapu, a Space Scientist working in Flight Crew Operations and Testing for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Dr. Manyapu currently serves as the Regional Officer for a United Nations organization called Space Generation Advisory Council. She is passionate about human space exploration with a belief in the universal applicability of…
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