Report from Headquarters
Jason DaLee is New Space Education Specialist
Jason DaLee has joined the Space Foundation team as a Space Education Specialist. He most recently worked at Columbine (Colorado) Middle School where he taught 8th grade science and was the 8th grade boys and girls basketball coach. DaLee received a Bachelor of Science-Secondary Science Education/Biology degree from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fla., and has completed 32…
Cisco, BAH, MITRE on FORTUNE List
Three Space Foundation corporate members have been name to FORTUNE® magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list: Corporate Partner Cisco was named #20 Contributing Member Booz Allen Hamilton was named #85 Corporate Patron MITRE was named #96 To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE® partners with the Great Place to Work…
Education Director Addresses School ISS Team
Last month, Space Foundation Director – Education Bryan DeBates addressed 22 Valley Christian High School (San Jose, Calif.) students who had just achieved a feat that up until now had only been accomplished by aerospace professionals and a handful of universities. Mentored by local satellite experts and engineers, the students, designed, built, tested and obtained…
112th Congress Opens with 96 New Members
Jan. 5 marked the opening of the 112th Congress, which welcomed 96 new members to the House of Representatives and 16 to the Senate. Florida’s 24th district, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, is now represented by Rep. Sandra Adams (R-FL). Also, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is Florida’s new junior senator. Alabama’s 5th district, home…
Event Celebrates U.S. – Japan Space Cooperation
Space policymakers and industry executives celebrated United States-Japan space cooperation at a reception Jan. 31 at the Washington, D.C., residence of the Ambassador of Japan to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki. Sponsored by the Space Foundation, the Ambassador and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the event recognized the long and rich history of cooperation…
U.S. Removes Nine Companies from Entities List
The U.S. has removed nine Indian space and defense companies, including those from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), from the export control entity list, with the objective of strengthening high technology trade between the two countries. The action ends a 13-year ban on export of high-tech, dual-use items…
Influential Space Leadership will be Featured at 27th National Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 31, 2011) — The Space Foundation’s 27th National Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., and will feature forums, presentations, speeches, special events and ample opportunity to hear from and network with the space community’s most influential leaders. Some of those leaders will…
"The Government Buys Commercial" will be Featured Panel at 27th National Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 27, 2011) — The premier gathering of the global space community, the 27th National Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Spring, Colo. Of special interest to the commercial aerospace industry will be a panel discussion on the last day of the Symposium – “The…
Space Foundation Selects 38 New Teacher Liaisons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2011) — The Space Foundation has selected 38 outstanding educators for its 2011 Flight of Teacher Liaisons. The teachers were selected for their active promotion of space and science education. Drawn from 37 different schools in 19 states, the new Teacher Liaisons will serve as advocates for space science education…
Aerojet Engines Power Japanese HTV Mission to International Space Station
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the second Japanese re-supply vehicle, HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV) – named KOUNOTORI2, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The HTV was launched on Saturday, Jan. 22 aboard an H-IIB vehicle…