Space Foundation Press Releases
World Space Week Events: Space Foundation Visitors Center to Open, Astronaut to Sign Autographs Oct. 9
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2012) – Beginning on Oct. 9, the Space Foundation Visitors Center will be open to the public every Tuesday and Thursday and the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To celebrate the first public day, former NASA astronaut and Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human…
Space Watch: October 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 10)
The View From Here The View from Here: School Buses are Beautiful! Second View Guest Editorial from World Space Week Association Volunteer President Dennis Stone: The Power of Many Chiao: Armstrong’s First Steps ‘Sealed the Deal’ Top News Space Foundation Visitors Center to Open this Month October Nomination Deadlines are Approaching Space Foundation Plays Major…
The View from Here: School Buses are Beautiful!
Wednesday, Sept. 19, was a huge day for us at the Space Foundation – the day that big yellow school buses began showing up at our headquarters, bringing students and teachers to the new Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere® (SOS). Grand Opening festivities are set for Oct. 5, with a special…
Guest Editorial from World Space Week Association Volunteer President Dennis Stone: The Power of Many
Each year, many across the global space community celebrate World Space Week, declared by the United Nations as Oct. 4-10 annually. Through simultaneous events, industry voices combine to reach a larger audience through media coverage. This worked well for diverse environmental groups that joined forces on Earth Day, and World Space Week follows a similar…
Chiao: Armstrong's First Steps 'Sealed the Deal'
Last month, the Space Foundation co-sponsored a number of events at the AMOS Conference in Hawai’i (see related story), many of which featured presentations by Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight Dr. Leroy Chiao. While he was at the conference, Chiao sat down with The Maui News to talk about his career and his inspiration.…
Pulham Featured Guest on "Space Talk" – Hear it Here
Last month, Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham was the featured guest on radio program Space Talk with Jim Banke, a weekly, one-hour radio program that originates on Florida’s Space Coast, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Pulham talked about top events at the Space Foundation, the importance of…
NASA Testifies about Industry Partnerships
At the House Science, Space and Technology Committee September hearing on “Recent Developments in NASA’s Commercial Crew Acquisition Strategy,” NASA testified that the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) will enable industry partners to advance the integrated critical design of their planned crew transportation systems. This includes the crew spacecraft, launch vehicle, ground systems and mission…
House Introduces Space Leadership Preservation Act
On Sept. 20, six members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Space Leadership Preservation Act (H.R. 6491), which is aimed at providing NASA with more stability and predictability. Among other things H.R. 6491 would do are: Create a 10-year term for the NASA administrator Establish a board of directors to provide a quadrennial…
Senate Committee Hearing Raises Beyond-LEO Concerns
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing last month on “The Path from LEO to Mars,” which examined NASA’s exploration portfolio, both robotic and human, beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) to the surface of Mars. Steve Squyres, Ph.D., testified that there are two areas of concern regarding getting beyond LEO and eventually…
Industry Stresses Need for Continued SLS, Orion Crew Capsule Funding
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing in September on “Examining NASA’s Development of the Space Launch System and Orion Crew Capsule” at which representatives from industry testified that Orion is currently advancing toward its Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) in 2014. EFT-1 mission…