Education
Buzz Aldrin's ShareSpace Foundation Awards Space Foundation with Giant Destination Mars Map™
The newest education tool at the Space Foundation’s Lockheed Martin Space Education Center, located at the Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, is a Giant Destination Mars Map™ recently awarded by Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation. As a Mars Map recipient, the Space Foundation will receive honorary membership into the exclusive ShareSpace Foundation Mars Map Society, a…
Support the Space Foundation's Annual Holiday Food Drive: Get Discounted Discovery Center Admission
The Space Foundation is supporting efforts to stock the pantries of the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado in anticipation of greater need during colder weather and the holiday season. Receive $2 off admission to the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs from Oct. 28 through Dec. 17 with your donation of…
Save the Date for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence 2017
Earlier this year, the Space Foundation launched a new classified one-day space conference in the greater Washington, D.C., area. The Faga Forum on Space Intelligence was created in response to ongoing requests for more classified programming, and was named for Space Foundation Director Emeritus Martin C. Faga, former Director, National Reconnaissance Office. The Faga Forum…
What a Year Can Do
When we formed the Space Foundation Corporate Giving Club a little over a year ago, we knew it would be important. But what we didn’t anticipate was how large of an impact it would have. Every dollar that goes into the Corporate Giving Club is used to provide and create programming, restore and maintain historic…
World Space Agency Leaders Panel Returns for 33rd Space Symposium
The first panel presentation of the Space Foundation’s four-day 33rd Space Symposium will be a discussion of the most pressing global space issues by the world’s top space agency leaders. Confirmed panelists to date include: Gwang-Rae Cho, Ph.D., President, Korean Aerospace Research Institute Dr. Pascale Erhenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Sylvain…
The Space Age is Downright Ancient
Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara is a high-tech center of Mexico, and the Mexican Space Agency was eager to show the world its interests, plans and capabilities to an international audience of several thousand attendees. I think most people, whether they…
Save the Date for Space Foundation Yuri's Night 2017
The public is invited to join the Space Foundation’s Yuri’s Night celebration on Sunday, April 2, launching Space Symposium week in Colorado Springs. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned spaceflight in 1961, and the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle in…
Space World is Newest Space Certified Education Product
The Space Foundation welcomes its most recent Certified Education Product – Space World™ – and partner company Intergalactic Education LLC, based in Washington, D.C. Founder Justin Park has been campaigning to get Space World into classrooms across the U.S. “Good decisions require an even better vision,” he said. “Intergalactic Education continues to execute its strategic…
Finding Funds for STEM Education at the Rocky Mountain CFC Fairs
During the month of October, the Space Foundation participated at local Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) fairs at the regional military installations. The Combined Federal Campaign is the world’s largest giving campaign, with more than $8 billion raised for charities around the globe. Over 25,000 charities participate in the program, and the Space Foundation is one…
October Activity on the Hill
by Charles A. Harris, Space Foundation Manager – Washington Operations October was a slow month in the policy world, due to congressional recess in D.C. and the focus on the election. NASA authorization bills have been passed in both the House and Senate, and congressional staff from each side are meeting to reconcile the differences…