Report from Headquarters
EDC Awards Headquarters Project
At a ceremony in May, the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) awarded the 2010 Community Enhancement Award for the retention of the Space Foundation headquarters to the project team, made up of: Anna Keesling Ackerman Fund EDC El Pomar Foundation Scott Bryan of Bryan Construction, Inc. Space Foundation State of Colorado In January, the Space…
Space Foundation Welcomes Team Members
The Space Foundation welcomes two team members to regular full-time positions. Madeline Miller has been part-time education assistant since December, and her role has now expanded to a full-time position to help with the increase in Space Foundation education outreach. Miller received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo., and is working toward her…
Posters, Photos, Doodles and More
Every month Space Watch brings you interesting, exciting and sometimes a little weird space links: To see NASA’s most unusual posters, including the two posters are pictured at right, click here See the now-famous airplane window photos of the May 16 Endeavour launch, courtesy of SPACE.com, here Watch time-lapse photography of space from the International Space Station,…
Space Foundation CEO Testifies in Washington
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham testified May 18 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the importance of a robust space program (the official topic of the hearing was The Contributions of Space to National Imperatives). The other participants were Frank Slazer, vice president of space systems, Aerospace Industries Association; Dr. Christopher…
NASA Budget Analysis Update Available
The Space Foundation has updated its report providing an overview and comparison of the NASA budget. The report provides an overview of FY 2011 NASA budget request and legislation, breaking it down into the President’s FY 2011 Budget Request, FY 2011 funds authorized by the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 and the FY 2011 Enacted…
House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee Update
In May, the House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee held two hearings: Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request NASA’s Commercial Cargo Providers: Are They Ready to Supply the Space Station in the Post-Shuttle Era?” In the first hearing on May 5, members of the Subcommittee voiced their concern that the request sought…
Space News from Washington
During May, space-related subcommittees met, authorization acts were passed and strageic decisions were announced: Hearings The Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee held a hearing on May 11 entitled, Military Space Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program. Senators on the Subcommittee recognized several recently successful…
Boeing Grant Funds Robot Exhibition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 31, 2011) — The Space Foundation Discovery Institute hosted a unique robot exhibition this past Saturday when teachers and students from 12 schools along the Colorado Front Range participated in a robotics club seed program sponsored through a grant from The Boeing Company. Several months ago, 12 teachers were selected by the Space Foundation…
Outlast Wins Innovation Prize: Outlast® Polyester Fiber with PCM
HEIDENHEIM, Germany (May 31, 2011) – The technology company Outlast illustrates its innovative nature: The pioneer and market leader around temperature regulation phase change materials (PCM) impressed the international jury of Techtextil (International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens) and won the Techtextil Innovation Prize 2011 in the category “New Materials” for the development…
Horace Mann Insurance Awards Teacher Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 25, 2011) — On May 25, Dennis Jordan, of Horace Mann Insurance, presented North Middle School mathematics coach Jo Ann Davis with a scholarship to attend one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum courses for free. Also at the presentation were Judy Hawkins, principal of North Middle School, and Bryan DeBates, director…