Space Awareness
Space on the Field, in the Air and on the Ground
John Madden, today a name most recognized with Madden NFL video games, was previously well-known for his football career — playing, coaching and as a color commentator. Madden also has a well-known fear of flying. In this Space Foundation PSA from the early 1980’s, this “ground lover” chats with the first man to break the…
New Generation Spotlight: Women in Aerospace
This new series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and…
The Importance of Space Through the Transition
With the 2016 elections only a month away, a lot of time, energy and focus in Washington, D.C., space circles is on “the transition” — the hand-off of the executive branch from the Obama administration to a new team, be it Democrat or Republican. Much of this focus will be on engineering the non-perturbation, to…
Judges Announced for 2017 International Student Art Contest
The goal with selecting judges for the Space Foundation’s annual International Student Art Contest is to choose talented, trained, professional artists from diverse backgrounds who can contribute various perspectives to the daunting task of sorting through thousands of artwork entries. Artwork submitted for the 2017 contest will be reviewed by a panel of outstanding artists,…
Successful Launch for Tiangong-2 Space Lab
Late in the evening of Sept. 15 in China, the uncrewed Tiangong-2 spacecraft headed into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Tiangong-2 is a space station laboratory that China plans to have up and running in the early 2020s. This is China’s second space station, and one step in the…
Recent Space-related Activity on the Hill
by Charles A. Harris, Space Foundation Manager – Washington Operations Congress returned from August recess on Sept. 6, following the Labor Day weekend. The House Space Subcommittee went straight to work, holding a hearing on the afternoon of Sept. 7, entitled “Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating Innovation and Leadership.” The hearing discussion focused on the state…
Space Watch: October 2016 (Volume: 15, Issue: 10)
The View From Here The Importance of Space Through the Transition Second View Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Benefits Us All — Thank You! Space Symposium Featured Speakers Announced for Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium Call for Tech Track Paper Abstracts Participate in the 33rd Space Symposium as a Volunteer Top News Space Foundation Launches New…
Registration Begins this Month for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, and Director, Principal Department of Defense Space Advisor Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., will be a featured speaker for the Space Foundation’s new classified one-day space conference, the Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, to be held in the greater Washington, D.C., area in…
Space Foundation Photos from the 67th International Astronautical Congress
The Space Foundation is continually expanding its global horizons, connecting with space leaders and customers from around the world at a varity of events, including the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30. Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham (pictured below) led the largest team to attend the IAC from the Space…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
The First Astronauts of Apollo by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst In between September’s mission success of Gemini XI and the last scheduled Gemini mission in November 1966, NASA, in October, brought more public focus on the astronauts who would be flying the first mission of the Apollo project. Initially announced as the prime…