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Space Foundation Offers Scholarship for Hawai'ian Teacher
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sep. 15, 2010) — Educators of Hawai’ian or part-Hawai’ian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawai’ian or part-Hawai’ian ancestry have an extraordinary opportunity to travel to Colorado Springs – for free – to learn how to use space in the classroom. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities…
Read MoreAMOS Conference Starts Today in Maui
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sep. 14, 2010) — The Space Foundation will be front and center this week at the 11th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals, education programs for teachers and students and a keynote presentation by Space Foundation Chief Executive…
Read MoreApply Now to Become a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sep. 7, 2010) — Educators who effectively use spce themes to inspire students and strengthen lesson plans have a great opportunity for additional support from the nation’s premier space advocacy organization. The Space Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2011 flight of Teacher Liaisons. This will be the ninth year of…
Read MoreMore Countries Realizing Value of Space Programs
The new U.S. national space policy, released in June 2010, contains significant changes from the previous policy, released in 2006. One example is an expanded list of the ways in which the United States intends to engage in international cooperation on space-related projects, reflecting the increase in the number of countries that are developing or…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Has Big Presence at AMOS
The Space Foundation will be front and center this month at the 11th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals, education programs for teachers and students and a keynote presentation by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Holokauahi Pulham. The conference…
Read MoreChina Prepares to Launch "Heavenly Palace"
China says it has completed assembling the first module for its space station, and the country’s space agency hopes to launch it next year, according to an Aug. 17 Space.com story by Senior Writer Clara Moskowitz. The story quotes China’s Xinhua news agency, saying that the unmanned Tiangong-1 module will lift off on a Chinese…
Read MoreHoneywell Funds Robots for Future Lab
A donation from Honeywell is the first step in establishing a new lab at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs. The donation, referred to as the “Honeywell Mars Robotic Experience,” will provide robots for a future simulated Martian terrain mission laboratory incorporating student-designed-and-built robots. The Space Foundation Discovery Institute opened in 2009 at…
Read MoreD.C. Focuses on Commercial Space Issues
During August, activities in Washington, D.C., focused heavily on space issues commercial. Here are some highlights: NGA Contracts Awarded On Aug. 6, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded new contracts potentially worth a combined $7.3 billion over the next decade to DigitalGlobe and GeoEye under the EnhancedView program. EnhancedView follows up on previous NGA…
Read MoreNEO Options Discussed
NASA’s Exploration of Near-Earth Objects (NEO) Objectives Workshop, held Aug. 10 in Washington, D.C., was designed to accomplish several objectives: increase the collective understanding of NEOs; solidify what the science community already knows about NEOs; and capture new ideas for future robotic and human missions to NEOs. Several key themes imaged among the many presentations…
Read MoreSpace Foundation to Exhibit in Washington, D.C.
The Space Foundation is demonstrating how astronauts conduct experiments on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Oct. 23-24 at the inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. Using gloveboxes similar to the ones used in space to prevent experiments from floating away and to keep scientists and astronauts safe, the Space Foundation will…
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