Research and Analysis
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst The aborted Gemini VI rendezvous mission in October 1965 spurred NASA to consider and embrace a new mission plan for December 1965 – the launching of two Gemini capsules. NASA would launch both capsules, which would then rendezvous with each other while orbiting the Earth. The new mission…
AGI Grant Funds Laboratory Upgrades
A $15,000 grant from Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) is providing upgrades for the Space Foundation’s AGI Space Missions Simulation Laboratory, located at its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The grant will provide memory and processor updates for all the computers, plus other technology and environment upgrades. The AGI Space Missions Simulation Laboratory teaches STEM principles…
Space Foundation to Launch New Classified Event – Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
In response to keen customer interest in more classified programs, the Space Foundation has created a new one-day event, the Faga Forum on Space Intelligence. The Forum will be held at Scitor Corporation, an SAIC company, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The Space Foundation is known for its premier space events, including…
Space Technology & Investment Forum Brings Together Early Stage Investors and Space Startups
by Kevin Cook, Space Foundation Vice President Marketing & Communications (pictured moderating a panel at the Space Technology & Investment Forum) By all accounts, the Space Foundation’s inaugural Space Technology & Investment Forum (ST&IF) was an all-embracing success. As the name implies, ST&IF was an outstanding assembly of entrepreneurs, funders, venture capitalists, insurers, attorneys, economic developers,…
Save the Date for Yuri's Night – April 10 at the Discovery Center
In 2015, the Space Foundation started its own Yuri’s Night celebration, a new tradition to launch Space Symposium week in Colorado Springs. In 2016, Space Foundation Yuri’s Night will be held at the Discovery Center on Sunday, April 10, ushering in the return of the world’s leading space professionals to Colorado Springs for the annual…
International Student Art Contest Deadline Approaching
The Sixth Annual Space Foundation International Student Art Contest is quickly approaching an end. The deadline for all art submissions is noon universal time (12:00 UTC) Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. A new format was introduced for the 2016 contest. This year all submissions must be made by a teacher, parent or legal guardian 18 years…
COO Meetings on The Hill
Shelli Brunswick, Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer, spent a week in Washington, D.C., during October meeting with a number of officials to promote various Space Foundation programs, including its new Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, to be offered for the first time Feb. 10, 2016, and its new Space in the Community program, promoting STEM…
"Together"
by Space Foundation Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs Steve Eisenhart Our industry is best off when we are together. Literally and figuratively. My view is that we are best off when we are working together in a collaborative fashion. Whether bi-laterally, multi-nationally or in industry partnerships, the combination of knowledge, skills and…
Society's Stars Shine Bright After 35 Years
I’m not a big joiner. Despite my seemingly outgoing public persona, I’m really an introvert, a consistent INFP by Keirsey metrics. Oh, I maintain membership in the things that are sort of expected in my position – the NDIA, AAS, Royal Aeronautical Society, that sort of thing. And, in pursuing my non-space passions, like the…
Space Watch: November 2015 (Volume: 14, Issue: 11)
The View From Here Society’s Stars Shine Bright After 35 Years Second View “Together” Space Symposium Best Rate on Standard Industry Registration Now Available for 32nd Space Symposium Technical Track Call for Papers: Submit Abstracts by Nov. 16 Reserve Space for 32nd Space Symposium Exhibit Center Save the Date for Yuri’s Night – April 10…