Space Foundation News
Wonders of the Universe "Soft Openings" at Northrop Grumman Science Center Continue
This week, more students participated in sessions at the Space Foundation’s Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®, testing our new Wonders of the Universe courses for PreK-12th grade students. In all, approximately 350 students from 11 Colorado schools are participating in “soft opening” sessions of the standards-based courses that use our Science On a Sphere (SOS)…
Students Participate in Wonders of the Universe "Soft Openings" at Northrop Grumman Science Center
Today, the new Space Foundation Northrop Grumman Science Center welcomed its first students. Approximately 50 fourth graders from Talbott Elementary School in Widefield District 3, Colo., and 50 fifth graders from Discovery Canyon Campus Academy in Colorado Springs District 20 stepped through the doors of the new facility, which features Science On a Sphere® (SOS),…
Five ISU Alumni won a Space Generation Advisory Council Young Leadership Award
Strasbourg, France (Sept. 19, 2012) – The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) announced the winners of the 2012 SGAC Young Leadership Awards. Five of the nine awardees are alumni of the International Space University (ISU). All the candidates to win this award are university students and young professionals. The SGAC Young Leadership Awards are delivered to…
Buy Tickets Now for the First Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 17, 2012) Have fantastic, futuristic Halloween fun while supporting the future education of Colorado’s next generation of space scientists. Tickets are now on sale for the first Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball at SciFiSprings.com. This volunteer fundraising event will be held at the Space Foundation world headquarters, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., Colorado Springs,…
Aerojet and Daicel Mark 50 Years of Partnership
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 17, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and Daicel, a Japanese defense corporation, marked 50 years of partnership today with the planting of a cherry blossom tree at Aerojet’s headquarters in Sacramento. Aerojet first teamed with Daicel in 1962 on a technology transfer and a licensing agreement for Aeroplex, a…
Space Foundation Salutes Air Force Space Command
A crowd of almost 600 celebrated Air Force Space Command’s birthday Friday night at The Space Foundation Presents a 30th Anniversary Salute to Air Force Space Command at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event included a reception, dinner, awards presentations and remarks by former Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Commander Gen. Kevin…
Build An Alien at What If…
Come see the Space Foundation at the What If… Festival of Innovation & Imagination, to be held Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., at the Plaza of the Rockies, in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. What If… will fill more than six square blocks of downtown Colorado Springs with activities demonstrating and encouraging innovation, imagination…
Space Foundation Participates on AMOS Technology Panel
The Space Foundation is supporting the future of space with programs at the 13th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference this week in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes presentation of a space technology panel on the main agenda, education programs for teachers and students, a reception for young space professionals and co-sponsorship…
Space Foundation Offers Unique Scholarship for Hawaiian Educators
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 11, 2012) – Educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry have an extraordinary opportunity to travel to Colorado Springs for free to learn how to use space themes in the classroom. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for…
SGAC Announces Winners of the 2012 SGAC Young Leadership Awards
Vienna, Austria (Sept. 11, 2012) – SGAC has awarded nine university students and young professionals with SGAC Young Leadership Awards. These scholarships are given annually to SGAC’s top volunteers to enable them to attend the Space Generation Congress. The winners have been indispensable assets to SGAC over the past year. Read on to learn more…