Space Foundation News
July 1 is the Deadline to Nominate a Colorado Space Hero
Colorado is “home” to more astronauts than any other state in the U.S., with at least 100 NASA astronauts who were born, educated, worked or resided in the state. It is also home to some of the world’s leading aerospace executives, engineers and visionaries who led the development of Colorado’s space economy to become of…
Save the Date for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Plan now to attend the Space Foundation’s Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, a one-day classified conference that connects participants with government and industry decision makers versed in national security space and intelligence issues. Following on the success of the first Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, the 2017 conference will also be held in the Washington,…
Space Watch: July 2016 (Volume: 15, Issue: 7)
The View From Here Expanding the Suez Canal, and other Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Second View Patti Grace Smith (1947-2016) Top News Panels Announced for the Space Technology & Investment Forum Space Foundation Report Reveals Global Space Economy at $323 Billion in 2015 Nomination Period Opens for 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space…
Patti Grace Smith (1947-2016)
by Lon Levin, Director Emeritus and Former Chairman, Space Foundation In September 1963, twelve African American teenagers dared to integrate the Tuskegee High School in Macon County, Alabama. Defying Governor George Wallace’s proclamation of “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever” and the guns of the Alabama State Troopers surrounding the building, these kids, with…
Expanding the Suez Canal, and other Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
If you don’t live in North Africa or the Mediterranean, you’re likely not aware that one of the biggest, oldest and largest man-made features on the planet — the Suez Canal — recently underwent an immense transformation. Even if you were aware of the amazing, one-year, $8 billion expansion of one of the planet’s most…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Orbiting High and Low: Gemini X by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst Two spacecraft, noses locked together, floated above the Earth. The two spacecraft, Gemini X and Agena 10, docked earlier in the day and in doing so, accomplished one of many Gemini X mission objectives. Things were going well. Fire suddenly spewed out…
June Space-related Activities in Washington, D.C.
by Brendan Curry, Vice President – Washington Operations The month of June saw activity on a variety of space-related fronts in the nation’s capital, and the addition of a new intern at the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office. Ariel Sheely just completed her sophomore year at George Mason University. She is studying government, and also…
Panels Announced for the Space Technology & Investment Forum
The Space Foundation is holding a by-invitation gathering of some of the most innovative, insightful and visionary professionals from the entrepreneurial and investment sectors of space and technology. Hear and meet more than 40 speakers in a unique and exclusive environment at the Space Technology & Investment Forum 2016, to be held Aug. 16 &…
Space Foundation Report Reveals Global Space Economy at $323 Billion in 2015
The Space Foundation has released the findings of its publication The Space Report 2016: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, the definitive annual overview of the global space industry and serves as a valuable resource for government and business leaders, educators, financial analysts, students and space-related businesses. The 2016 issue details how the global…
Nomination Period Opens for 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
The Space Foundation is now accepting nominations for its highest award, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. Honoring its late, long-time chairman, Gen. James E. Hill, USAF (Ret.), the award recognizes outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to humankind through exploration, development and use of space, or through use…