Education
How Will Your Children Spend the Summer?
Why send your children to camp this summer, when you can give them an Explore Space Experience? Registration is open now to enroll children ages 9 to 14 years in the Space Foundation’s all-day summer programs. Your future explorers will enjoy a variety of hands-on, immersive activities and experiences based on space and science, technology,…
Eighth Grade Science Teacher is 2017 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Ashlie Blackstone Smith, an eighth grade physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2017 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given…
The New "Magic Bullet" That Will Fix Education in America
In my 24 years in education, I have seen many trends and fads come and go, each claiming to be the “magic bullet” to educate students and fix education in America. Whether it be a new reading program, a new way to do multiplication or a realignment of classes and schedules, all have failed to…
Gen. Pawlikowski is Featured Speaker for Women's Global Gathering
The Space Foundation’s first Women’s Global Gathering will be held on the last day of the 33rd Space Symposium, Thursday, April 6, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m., at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The featured speaker for the Gathering will be Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, USAF, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.…
Space Watch: March 2017 (Volume: 16, Issue: 3)
The View From Here The New “Magic Bullet” That Will Fix Education in America Space Symposium Gen. Pawlikowski is Featured Speaker for Women’s Global Gathering U.S. Congressmen Rogers and Bridenstine to Speak at 33rd Space Symposium Registration is Limited for Cyber 1.7 Classified and Space Classified Download the 33rd Space Symposium App and Get Connected…
Air Purification and Plant Growth Innovations are Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
The Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium will culminate on April 6 with ceremonies celebrating the induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® of two innovations developed for space that now improve life on Earth, as well as celebrating 30 years of the Space Technology Hall of Fame program. The 2017 inductees are: Radiant Catalytic…
New Generation Space Leader Programming at the 33rd Space Symposium
One of the most anticipated tracks featured at the 33rd Space Symposium will be the ever-growing, New Generation Space Leaders programming. The multi-dimensional New Generation Space Leaders program features speed mentoring, workshop sessions, keynotes, Q&A sessions, interactivity, social networking, receptions and exposure for some members as part of the Space Symposium agenda. The New Gen…
STEM Tinkering at the Space Foundation Discovery Center
This month, the Space Foundation Discovery Center will offer several events for the young and young-at-heart to engage their creativity and engineering skills. Space Foundation Vice President Bryan DeBates explained the value of tinkering and why a month’s worth of activities at the Discovery Center are dedicated to this theme. “The Space Foundation’s mission, at…
New Gen Spotlight: Words of Wisdom
Over the past few months we have interviewed New Gen members and mentors, and found one common theme, there is space for everyone in space. Many of our spotlights mentioned an interest in space and STEM fields from a young age, that with encouragement, commitment and hard work have led to extremely interesting professions found…
15 World Space Agency Leaders Join Panel Discussion of Global Space Issues at 33rd Space Symposium
The first panel presentation of the Space Foundation’s four-day 33rd Space Symposium will be a discussion of the most pressing global space issues by the world’s top space agency leaders. The panel will be moderated by The Honorable Robert S. Walker, Executive Chairman, Wexler & Walker, and the panelists include: Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Ph.D., Director…