Year In Review (archive)
Annual Report: Our Reach Extends
Following is information found in the Space Foundation’s 2012 annual report. In 2012, the Space Foundation extended our reach in many directions. Our Global Influence Grows… Promoting global collaboration and cooperation is one of the critical contributions the Space Foundation makes to the space community. During 2012, we participated in many international events and saw…
NASA Astronaut to Share Space Stories with the Public at Space Foundation Visitors Center on April 6
The public is invited to meet former NASA astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao, and hear his experiences on board the International Space Station. The Space Foundation is presenting this Audience with an Astronaut experience at its world headquarters Visitors Center, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., Colorado Springs, Colo., on Saturday, April 6. Chiao will give three presentations and be…
Space Foundation Launches Stomp Rockets for Space Day
More than 800 people visited the Space Foundation booth at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Space Day in March, taking advantage of the opportunity to make and launch stomp rockets. The event stemmed from a partnership between the Space Foundation and the Pioneers Museum to celebrate a traveling exhibit currently on display from the Charles…
U.S. Air Force Academy and Space Foundation Partner to Host Audience with an Astronaut
On Friday, April 5, more than 500 regional elementary and middle school students and educators will fill the seats of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Fairchild Hall auditorium to hear about the experiences of former NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., (pictured right) and learn about his life as a Space Shuttle astronaut and as a…
Colorado Teacher is 2013 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Daniel R. Newmyer, a science and math teacher at Center High School in rural southern Colorado, has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2013 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award, which is given annually in recognition of creative…
Teachers: Sign up Now for Space Across the Curriculum
The Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum courses provide teachers with a unique opportunity to develop extraordinary classroom skills, while at the same time earning credit for professional development or toward a master’s degree. These week-long intensive, graduate-level courses for PreK-12 educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly transferable…
Space Foundation Director-Education Featured at STEMwise Conference
Space Foundation Director-Education, Bryan DeBates (pictured right) served as closing key-note speaker for the second annual STEMwise conference held in March in Sioux Falls, S.D., a two-day conference for teachers throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and western Minnesota. Other speakers included: Dr. Vince Bertram, president and chief executive officer of Project Lead the Way Dr.…
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies Subcommittee Head is Cyber 1.3 Featured Speaker
The Honorable Patrick Meehan (R-PA), who serves as the subcommittee chairman of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies for the House Committee on Homeland Security, will be a featured speaker at the Space Foundation’s Cyber 1.3 conference on April 8. Cyber 1.3 will be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is for anyone…
Cyber 1.3 At a Glance
The Space Fundation’s annual one-day cyberspace conference will be held Monday, April 8, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., with presentations by some of the nation’s top cyber security experts. The day’s agenda with information about panelists and topics can be found here. Cyber 1.3 Featured Speakers The Cyber 1.3 conference includes: A networking breakfast, co-sponsored…
President Signs Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act
Last month, President Obama signed the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 into law to avoid a government shutdown and fund the Federal government through the final six months of the 2013 fiscal year. While the bill provides the Department of Defense and NASA with an updated budget for FY 2013, rather than have…