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Education Brochures Available
Two new brochures are now available for educators describing Space Foundation education programs. Space Across the Curriculum The Space Across the Curriculum brochure describes the Space Foundation’s hands-on, professional development courses for PreK-12 educators. The classes, which will be offered next summer at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., and at Colorado State University-Pueblo, are customized for every…
Space Across the Curriculum Schedule Set
The Space Foundation has set the schedule of the 2012 summer session of Space Across the Curriculum courses for preK-12 teachers. The courses, some of which will be held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute (SFDI) in Colorado Springs, Colo., and some which will be held at Colorado State University – Pueblo (CSU-P), are week-long intensive graduate-level…
Nominate Now for Three Awards
Who has made a lasting impact in the space industry? The Space Foundation annually recognizes outstanding accomplishments in three categories: space exploration; creating a positive public environment for space; and space achievement – and is seeking nominations from the general public. The Space Foundation will award these honors at the 28th National Space Symposium, to…
Fascinating Images from the Internet
The Internet offers great opportunities to learn about space. See these sites: Watch a Space Foundation interview on space technology to learn more about how space benefits you every day! (The video plays on the home page) Kepler finds a real-life Tatooine; click here. What’s the Sun up to? Click here. Travel around the Earth on…
Kelly Shelton Joins the Space Foundation
Kelly Shelton has joined the Space Foundation in the new position of development assistant, responsible for grant screening and research, donor relations, reporting and other development issues. Shelton most recently worked for the Girl Scouts of Colorado where she was responsible for fundraising events and a variety of administrative duties. She is a Texas native…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Member
New Space Foundation Patron Member Thuraya Telecommunications Company is a world-leading mobile satellite service provider of voice, data, maritime, rural telephony, fleet management and other telecommunication solutions in remote areas. With a home office in Abu Dhabi, Thuraya is providing mobile satellite communications to over 140 countries around the world and offers a congestion-free network,…
Last Call for Space Foundation Survey: What's Space Got to Do With It?
Most people don’t have a clue about how much of their daily lives are improved by space innovations, things that were originally developed to complete space missions, safely launch rockets, keep astronauts healthy, make routine tasks possible in microgravity, conduct complex experiments, now used to make us safer, healthier, more comfortable and more efficient. Before…
Aerojet's AJ26 Flight Engine Delivers Successful Hot Fire Test for Orbital's Taurus II Space Launch Vehicle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 29, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that along with NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) (Orbital), the team conducted a successful ground test firing of an AJ26-62 flight engine that will power Orbital’s Taurus® II medium-class space launch vehicle. The test was conducted at NASA’s Stennis…
Aerojet Announces Milestone Reached with EPA Order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that on Sept. 20, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to Aerojet to carry out remedial design and remedial action for the groundwater within the Perimeter Groundwater Operable Unit at Aerojet’s Sacramento, Calif. facility.…
Space Foundation Seeks Nominations for Distinguished Space Awards
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sep. 27, 2011) — Who has made a lasting impact in the space industry? The Space Foundation annually recognizes outstanding accomplishments in three categories: space exploration; creating a positive public environment for space; and space achievement — and is seeking nominations from the general public. The Space Foundation will award these honors…