Space Symposium
Stay Connected Year Round!
Our customers tell us year after year about the beneficial and meaningful connections made at the Space Symposium, and we want to help you make those lasting connections starting today! There are several ways to connect with the Space Foundation, and with other like-minded space professionals. The 32nd Space Symposium app will let you see…
Battelle Grant to Fund New STEM Learning Lab
Thousands of students will benefit from Battelle’s generosity A grant from Battelle will inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists, and technology professionals through the creation of a STEM-integrated, standards-based education opportunity at the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center. Battelle, whose education mission is to inspire and prepare the next generation of STEM leaders to advance…
AFA StellarXplorers High School Competition to be held at Discovery Center During 32nd Space Symposium
Once again, the Air Force Association (AFA) and the Space Foundation are combining forces at the Space Symposium to inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). On the morning of Wednesday, April 13, nine teams of high school students from across the U.S., and one from an American school…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Stagecraft through the Years by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst Stage — the word is used in many ways. For NASA, there’s one very distinctive usage of stage: the description of a cylindrical propulsive segment that’s part of a rocket, such as the Saturn V from the Apollo lunar missions. The space administration uses…
Space Watch: April 2016 (Volume: 15, Issue: 4)
The View From Here E pluribus unum – astra praeter Second View The Space Education of a Foreign Service Officer Space Symposium Jeff Bezos Founder of Blue Origin and Amazon to Speak at 32nd Space Symposium The Honorable Deborah Lee James will be Corporate Partnership Dinner Speaker Space Symposium will have Most Dynamic Lineup of…
Profile of Excellence: Margaret Rhule Baguio
Every January, representatives from the Space Foundation and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) select an educator to honor for creative and innovative use of technology in inspiring students interest in STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. For 2016, the educator is Margaret Rhule Baguio, Senior Education Outreach Coordinator for NASA Texas Space Grant…
Space Foundation Brings a Community Approach to STEM Education
by Bryan DeBates, Space Foundation Senior Director – Education Fresh off of our very successful Space in the Community program in Erie, Colo., the Space Foundation education team continues to inspire tomorrow’s explorers. Our Space in the Community program was created to support a community approach to sparking students’ interest in STEM education, and to…
E pluribus unum – astra praeter
Out of many, one — to the stars and beyond. As the curtain prepares to go up on the 32nd Space Symposium, I am mindful of the fact that, despite the amazing growth and many transformations of the event over the years, its purpose has never really changed. As we first stated in our charter…
The Space Education of a Foreign Service Officer
by William V. Parker, Space Foundation Special Advisor – International Affairs Reporting for duty at Offutt Air Force Base, to assume the position of Foreign Affairs Advisor (POLAD) to the Commander of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), was an immediate shock. Having served as a Foreign Service Officer (diplomat) for over 31 years, my previous…
Space Foundation Announces the Presenters and Topics for the Technical Track
One of the key factors to the growing popularity and success of the Space Symposium’s Technical Track is the diverse scale in which ideas and technologies are opened to conversation. Audience members receive the opportunity to expand their space industry knowledge by engaging in dialogue with the technical experts who authored the papers. Topics for…