Education
Space Across the Curriculum Provides STEM-based Classroom Activities for Teachers
Space Across the Curriculum courses began June 23 at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. These intensive week-long graduate-level professional development courses are for PreK-12 educators, and provides space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly transferable to the classroom. All of the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses…
Space Foundation Educators Named Master Teachers for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
Three Space Foundation educators have been selected as Master Teachers for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM). The three are: Bryan DeBates, Director – Education, and Elias Molen and Jami Sunkel, Space Education Specialists (pictured from top to bottom). GPM is an international mission that launched in early 2014 and is studying precipitation across the…
Emisshield, Inc., is Certified Space Technology™
Emisshield, Inc., is the most recent Space Foundation Certified Space Technology™ Partner. Located in Blacksburg, Va., Emisshield, Inc., was founded in 1999 as Wessex and changed its name to Emisshield in 2010. As a privately-held company, Emisshield holds six patents related to unique products. Emisshield is a thin film, ceramic nanoparticle material with high emissivity…
Apply Now for Space Certification
Technologies developed for use in space that have been adapted for use on Earth may qualify for Space Certification™. Developed and administered by the Space Foundation, the Space Certification program serves three purposes: Providing a unique marketing edge for Space Certification partners Demonstrating to the public how space technologies now improve life on Earth Making…
Space Foundation Briefs Congressional Staff on The Space Report 2014
The Space Foundation held a briefing for the 2014 release of its annual publication The Space Report. The June 5 briefing was held in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., and was attended by more than 50 people representing U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate staff from various committees that handle space.…
Senate Makes Progress on its Bill to Fund NASA and NOAA
On June 5, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up its version of the FY 2015 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. The bill includes funding for both NASA and NOAA programs. In mid-June, the Senate began work to vote on the FY 2015 CJS Appropriations bill by the full Senate. However the bill, combined with…
House Passes Appropriations Bill to Fund the Department of Defense
On June 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4870). The bill includes funding for military space programs. The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee is expected to mark up its version of the bill after Congress returns from its July 4th recess. The Space Foundation has updated…
Space Foundation Signs MOU with World Space Week Association
The Space Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Space Week Association (WSWA) for continued collaboration between the two organizations. The signing took place in Vienna on June 17, with Remco Timmermans, Executive Director, World Space Week Association, and Steve Eisenhart, Space Foundation Senior Vice President Strategic & International Affairs, representing their…
Technologies from Around the Globe are Invited for Space Technology Hall of Fame Nomination
The Space Foundation is now seeking nominations for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2015. The program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that improve life on Earth. The deadline is Aug. 22, 2014, and anyone can submit a nomination of a technology that…
Global Xpress® Service Begins
30 June 2014 – With the successful completion of extensive satellite and end-user tests, Inmarsat is pleased to announce that its first Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress (GX) satellite has achieved commercial service introduction (CSI), beginning with United States (US) Government customers within the satellite’s Indian Ocean Region coverage area. US Government customers are the first users…