Space Art Contest Deadline is Approaching!

By developer | January 6, 2012 |

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 6, 2012) — The Space Foundation invites student in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, or equivalent, throughout the world to enter original artwork depicting the theme “Space is Infinite — Explore!” for an opportunity to receive national recognition and to win prizes, and an invitation to attend an awards ceremony at the…

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ISU‘s Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program opens in Adelaide

By developer | January 5, 2012 |

Adelaide, Australia / Strasbourg, France (Jan. 5, 2012) – The International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France with the University of South Australia has joined forces again to bring world class space education to the southern hemisphere with a five-week intensive program set to launch on Monday 9 January 2012. The Opening Ceremony for the program…

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Space Foundation Helps NORAD Track Santa

By developer | January 4, 2012 |

Space Foundation team members Janet Stevens, Margo Hatton and Bernadette Sormani got into the holiday spirit along with members of their families on Christmas Eve by answering phone calls and emails for the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s NORAD Tracks Santa Program. NORAD Tracks Santa is a Certified Imagination Product in the Space Foundation’s Space…

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Space Watch: January 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 1)

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

The View From Here The View From Here: Welcome to the Year of the Dragon Spotlight CEO Speaks at Florida Summit Green is Symposium Poster Artist Symposium Features Launchers Panel Space Certification Partner Wins Award Art Contest Deadline is This Month Space Foundation Supports STEM in Colorado Fun Stuff from the Internet Space Foundation Forms…

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The View From Here: Welcome to the Year of the Dragon

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

Aloha from Colorado Springs, and welcome to 2012 — which will either be the most auspicious year ever, or the end of life as we know it, depending upon whether you ascribe to the Chinese calendar or the Mayan one. In fairness to the Maya, they never predicted the end times; rather they stopped counting…

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CEO Speaks at Florida Summit

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham delivered the keynote address at a meeting of leaders from key space states in Orlando in December, encouraging the states to work together to promote a strong NASA exploration program and inspire a new generation of explorers while liberating U.S. companies to compete globally. The conference, organized by the Eisenhower Center…

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Green is Symposium Poster Artist

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

One of the most treasured keepsakes from the Space Foundation’s annual National Space Symposium is the commemorative space art poster, co-sponsored in 2012 by International Space University (ISU). The poster will be distributed to Symposium attendees from the Space Foundation booth at the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center. The poster art for the 28th National Space…

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Symposium Features Launchers Panel

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

The Space Foundation has assembled a dynamic panel for the first morning of its 28th National Space Symposium featuring presidents of leading launch companies. The panel, “Launch Providers, Propulsion Partners and the Way to Space,” includes: Michael Gass, president and CEO, United Launch Alliance  James Maser, president, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) Francis X. McKenna,…

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Space has had a Big Impact on Many Lives

By developer | January 2, 2012 |

For the past two months, Space Watch has published quotes on how space has affected real people’s lives. Here are a some additional comments: “(I have used) used my creative talents to work within the aerospace industry communicating… the need… for space exploration to local, national and global arenas.” “It opens up possibilities of more life out there than we expected.” “I…

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