Space Foundation Press Releases
NASA Social Media Team to Receive 2012 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 8, 2012) — The NASA Social Media Team has been selected as the winner of the Space Foundation’s Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, which is presented annually to an individual, team or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of, and support for, space programs. The award will…
Space Foundation Launches Hot New Website
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 6, 2012) – The Space Foundation last week launched a new website – http://www.spacefoundation.org – that provides an easy-to-navigate, comprehensive view of how the Space Foundation advances space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity. Features include: Comprehensive, easy-to-find information on Space Foundation programs and initiatives More than 2,400 pages of…
Georgetown Med School Alumnus Researches Gene Therapy, Writes Novel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 6, 2012) – Fred Ledley (M’78) combines his love of writing and work as a gene therapy researcher in his first published novel, Sputnik’s Child. He says the book shows how baby boomers growing up with the startling discoveries in science of the 1960s and 1970s came to have so much confidence…
Space Watch: February 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
The View From Here The View from Here: Human Spaceflight in the Year of the Dragon Second View Second View: Don’t Forget to Dream Space Symposium Neil deGrasse Tyson is Symposium Keynote Speaker Bolden to Share Vision for U.S. Space Program Meet the Mega Minds Top News Space Foundation Elects New Officers, Directors Space Foundation…
The View from Here: Human Spaceflight in the Year of the Dragon
This month’s The View From Here comes to us from the Space Foundation’s new special advisor – human spaceflight, Dr. Leroy Chiao: As Elliot Pulham told you in last month’s Space Watch, the Year of the Dragon is upon us! What does this mean? Dragon years in the Chinese zodiac are particularly special and lucky. Bold…
Second View: Don’t Forget to Dream
Space Watch now includes a monthly feature, called Second View, that shares a viewpoint from a Space Foundation team member. The column complements The View From Here and expands our ability to share Space Foundation views and issues. This column is by Brendan Curry, vice president – Washington operations. As I compose this, the Space…
Secretary of the Air Force Visits Space Foundation
Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley toured the Space Foundation world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., in January during his visit to the state with President Barack Obama. Also touring with Donley, were Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, vice commander, Air Force Space Command, and Brig. Gen. Margaret B. Poore, senior military assistant to…
Space Foundation Index Performance in 4Q2011
The Space Foundation Indexes ended the year in positive territory, outperforming the NASDAQ and S&P 500 for the year. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Space Foundation Indexes recovered much of the ground lost in the third quarter. The Space Foundation Index grew in the fourth quarter by 12.64 percent and finished the year…
White House Guidance for a 21st Century DoD
President Barack Obama has announced new strategic guidance for a 21st century Department of Defense that will sustain U.S. global leadership and protect its core national interests. As the United States transitions away from two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and confronts defense cuts mandated in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the President outlined…
Space Foundation Co-Hosts Australian Embassy Event
The Space Foundation and Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley hosted a reception at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1 for 200 space leaders from government and industry who joined together in honor of the long space endeavor partnership between the United States and Australia. Representing the Space Foundation board of directors were Chairman…