Space Foundation STEM Activities Celebrate World Space Week

“Remote Sensing — Enabling our Future” is the theme for World Space Week 2016, held annually October 4-10. The Space Foundation is a proud sponsor of World Space Week, and will offer activities celebrating achievements in space and in support of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On Oct. 5, the Space Foundation will invite…

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Space in the Community Takes STEM Outreach to Guam

by Beth Schwartz, Space Foundation Space Education Specialist In October, members of the Space Foundation education team will be traveling to Guam for a week-long Space in the Community (SITC) program. The new SITC program, which successfully launched last year, partners the Space Foundation with communities to help develop a PreK-12 STEM pipeline, grow an…

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Cape Canaveral New Gen Party Kicks Off World Space Week

New Generation space professionals will launch World Space Week at a Kick Off Party at Florida Beer Company, 200 Imperial Blvd., Cape Canaveral, on Monday, Oct. 3, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Space professionals age 35 years or younger are invited to join the Florida space community in a tailgate party to launch the largest annual…

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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,…

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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…

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Featured Speakers Announced for Space Foundation's 33rd Space Symposium

For its 33rd year, the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium will bring together leaders of the civil, commercial and defense space sectors from more than 30 spacefaring nations to discuss and shape the future of space. The power of face-to-face collaboration is unrivaled at this must-attend gathering. Early featured speakers include: Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy…

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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…

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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…

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Space Foundation Launches Quarterly New Generation Networking in Washington, D.C.

In September, the Space Foundation partnered with Women in Aerospace (WIA), Women in Defense and the Space Generation Advisory Council to host a joint New Generation networking reception at Airbus Group Government Relations and Experience Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to providing the spectacular venue, host Airbus Group, a Space Foundation Contributing Member, also provided beverages…

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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…

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