Space Foundation Press Releases
Pinellas 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…
Space 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…
Aerojet and Teledyne Brown Engineering Host Alabama Governor for Rocket Engine Factory Milestone Event
THOUSAND OAKS and SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company and its strategic alliance partner Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced today that the companies hosted Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, along with Congressman Mo Brooks and several other dignitaries at Teledyne Brown’s headquarters in Huntsville,…
Truss Building Products is Newest Space Foundation Space Certification Program Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 14, 2012) — The Space Foundation announces that Truss Building Products is now a Space Certification Program Partner, and its LeafLock™ products, including the LeafLock™ Gutter System, have been authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology™ seal. Karl Gramling, president and CEO of Truss LLC, SnapLock Gutter System® and the LeafLock…
Tyson Talks with Rocky Mountain PBS About the Inspiration of Space and Killer Asteroid
During the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium last month in Colorado Springs, Colo., Symposium Keynote Speaker Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down with Rocky Mountain PBS for two different interviews for the program Colorado State of Mind. In one interview, the well-known astrophysicist, director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, bestselling author and one of…
Aerojet Rocket Motors Propel Successful Standard Missile-3 Intercept
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 10, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it contributed to last night’s successful flight test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB where the missile intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target. Aerojet’s MK 72 booster and MK 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provided the first and second stage…
Space Foundation Student Art Contest Winning Artwork Bounces Off the Moon
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 8, 2012) – The Space Foundation’s annual Student Art Contest winners are developing a reputation for actual space travel. Digital versions of last year’s winners are all permanently in residence on the International Space Station. Two of this year’s winners have traveled an additional 277,000 miles to the Moon and back.…
Aerojet Solid Rocket Boosters Help Launch Military Communications Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 4, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) helped power today’s launch of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a military payload. Launching in its 531 configuration, the Atlas V vehicle relied on the power of three Aerojet SRBs. Each SRB measures 67-feet…
Water Filtration Design Challenge Demonstrates Link Between Space and a Better Life on Earth
Join the Space Foundation on Tuesday evening, May 8, for the Water Filtration Design Challenge, a fun and educational exercise for children and adults that includes creating a water filtration system based on processes used aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event, which will be held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute at 105 Coleridge…
Traveling by Smoke, and Other Lessons From Papua
The natives of Papua, New Guinea, believe that the nighttime stars are the eyes of sleeping people and animals. Their eyes go up into the heavens to keep watch over them while they rest. Have we been asleep? Who has been watching over the U.S. human spaceflight (HSF) program? The first and most fundamental point of…