International Affairs
Space Foundation CEO Appears on Leading Australian Radio Show, The World Today
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated in a panel discussion about the future of space on The World Today, Australia’s leading afternoon radio current affairs radio program on Thursday, Aug. 30. Broadcast across Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), The World Today can also be heard internationally on the Internet or via podcast. The ABC is…
Slovenian Space-SI Team Visits Space Foundation
The Space Foundation recently hosted a visit by officials from the Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies (Space-SI) at Space Foundation world headquarters in Colorado Springs. Senior Vice President for Strategic and International Affairs Steve Eisenhart and Education Vice President Iain Probert presented an overview of Space Foundation programs to the group…
Call for Papers: International Space University Symposium Seeks Abstracts
The International Space University (ISU) has issued a call for papers for its 17th Annual International Symposium, to be held March 5 -7, 2013, on the ISU campus in Strasbourg, France. The 2013 theme is “Space Technology and Tele-reach: Benefiting Humanity on Earth and Beyond.” The Symposium will address tele-reach, a term referring to technologies…
Space Watch: September 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 9)
The View From Here The View From Here: Life Begins at 30 Second View Inspiring a Generation Space Foundation Mourns Neil Armstrong’s Death Top News World Space Week Features Full Line-Up of Space Foundation Activities Space Foundation Will Hold Multiple Events at AMOS Conference Pulham to be Featured Guest on “Space Talk” Check Space Foundation…
The View From Here: Life Begins at 30
In our youth-obsessed American culture, turning 30 can be a traumatic change-of-life event. I was curiously unaffected by turning 30, although I will admit that I was oddly unsettled by attaining the unremarkable age of 32. Since then, I’ve come to realize that 30 represents a tremendous coming-of-age milestone, when your best years still lie ahead…
Inspiring a Generation
This month’s Second View is by Space Foundation Vice President – Education Iain Probert. Anyone may submit a column for Second View by sending it to [email protected]. Unless you were en route to Mars, you would have been hard-pressed not to realize that “the greatest games on Earth” were taking place this summer in London. The…
Space Foundation Mourns Neil Armstrong’s Death
The Space Foundation mourns the death of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the Moon. Armstrong died on Aug. 25 at the age of 82 following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, his family said in a statement. Elliot Pulham Cites Armstrong’s ‘Quiet Resolve’ “Neil Armstrong was a humble,…
Pulham on "The World Today" Radio Show
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated in a panel discussion about the future of space on The World Today, Australia’s leading afternoon radio current affairs radio program on Thursday, Aug. 30. Broadcast across Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), The World Today can also be heard internationally on the Internet or via podcast. The ABC is…
NASA Associate Administrator for Education Leland Melvin Visits Space Foundation
A diverse background in materials science engineering, professional football and as an astronaut led Leland Melvin to his current position as NASA Associate Administrator for Education. On Friday, he visited Space Foundation headquarters and toured the soon-to-open Visitors Center. Melvin also toured the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs and spoke to students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy.…
Aerojet Propulsion Systems to Maneuver Radiation Belt Storm Probes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V successfully lofted NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) on a two-year mission to explore the Van Allen belts. Each RBSP relies on an Aerojet integrated propulsion system that will be used throughout the mission…