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Roundtable Luncheon Features Levin
On April 19, the New Generation Space Leaders program held a New Generation Roundtable Luncheon featuring guest speaker Lon Levin, president of SkySevenVentures, and vice chairman of the Space Foundation’s Board of Directors. Levin provided near-term, mid-term and long-term career advice, including insight into what it takes to make it to the top. For those…
Read More25th ISU's Space Studies Program lands in Melbourne!
From 4th June to 3rd August, the Florida Space Coast will welcome 140 space professionals from 30 different nationalities with mixed backgrounds, to attend an extensive nine-week program dedicated to space. The 25th ISU’s Space Studies Program will gather graduate students and professionals on the campus coming of the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne…
Read MoreTeachers: Scholarships Are Still Available for Space Across the Curriculum Professional Development Courses This Summer
Teachers, it’s not too late to sign up for this summer’s Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses. Educators who want to improve their classroom skills, better motivate their students and – potentially – earn a master’s degree may sign up now using this form. These intensive week-long graduate-level courses for pre-k -…
Read MoreThuraya Enhances IP Services in Asia via Point Of Presence in Singapore
Abu Dhabi (May 31, 2012) – Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator today announced that it has established a Point Of Presence (POP) and Meet Me Point (MMP) in Singapore, enhancing the performance of its high-speed broadband terminal, Thuraya IP, in the region. The POP guarantees IP consumers, especially media broadcasters, faster…
Read MoreFirst Grade Teacher at The Classical Academy Central Campus Receives New Space Foundation Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 30, 2012) — The Space Foundation has awarded a new scholarship to Mimi Bull, a first grade teacher at The Classical Academy (TCA) Central Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Anna and Kathryn Probert Educator Enrichment Scholarship will enable Bull to attend the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum course Earth…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Congratulates SpaceX on Historic Docking With International Space Station
Space Foundation Corporate Member SpaceX celebrated two historic successes this week with Tuesday’s launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Friday’s docking of the Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS Expedition 31 crew successfully captured the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the station’s robotic arm at…
Read MoreFree Rocketry Course for Pueblo D60 Teachers
The Space Foundation is offering a week-long graduate level rocketry course at Colorado State University – Pueblo, June 25-29. Rocketry: The Future of Human Space Flight is offered free to Pueblo D60 teachers. The course is also open to all other teachers, but they would pay a $175 materials fee. Participants in this course will…
Read MoreEnglish Teacher at Punahou Academy is Recipient of Space Foundation Scholarship
An English teacher with an interest in science and science fiction has been named the recipient of the 2012 Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. M. Thomas Gammarino, Ph.D., teaches at Punahou Academy in Honolulu, and will use the scholarship to attend one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses…
Read MorePinellas County Teacher Awarded Space Foundation Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2012) – Donnika Jones, a teacher with Pinellas County Schools, has been awarded the 2012 Space Foundation Dr. Catherine Pedretty Space Scholarship for Teachers. The scholarship will pay expenses for Jones to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer and participate in one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the…
Read MoreSpace Across the Curriculum Helps Teachers Improve Students’ STEM Performance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 16, 2012) — Educators who want to improve their classroom skills, better motivate their students and – potentially – earn a master’s degree may sign up now for Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses. These intensive week-long graduate-level courses for pre-k – 12 educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering…
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