Education
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…
Summary of March Oversight Hearings
A number of oversight hearings affecting space and cyberspace were held during March in Washington, D.C. The following is an overview of those hearings: Senate Armed Services Committee “U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program” March 12 Testimony at…
Space Foundation’s 2013 Report Reveals 6.7 Percent Growth in the Global Space Economy in 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 2, 2013) – The global space economy grew to $304.31 billion in commercial revenue and government budgets in 2012, reflecting growth of 6.7 percent from the 2011 total of $285.33 billion. Commercial activity – space products and services and commercial infrastructure – drove much of this increase. From 2007 through 2012,…
U.S. Air Force Academy to Host Audience with an Astronaut
Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 1, 2013) – On Friday, April 5, 2013, 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 large auditorium to spend some time with former NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., and learn about his experiences as a…
29th National Space Symposium is Ready to Launch
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 28, 2013) – A new sign of spring locally is the sight of the National Space Symposium Exhibit Pavilion being erected at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Pavilion is up and ready to display the latest in space technology, products and services from around the world. The Space…