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Ready to Launch — the most powerful Space Symposium ever!
From the opening ceremony featuring Japan’s enra dance troupe, to a panel discussion featuring the heads of 12 prominent space agencies from around the world, to feature plenary sessions starring space leaders from Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Latin America — the 31st Space Symposium, April 13-16, looks to be…
Read MoreGet Discounted Tickets for Space Foundation Yuri's Night and Support STEM Education
Located in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation Discovery Center is the site of formal and informal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in Colorado. Daily admission and Passport membership sales, help support the Space Foundation’s education mission, and on April 12 there will be a special public fundraising event. Join the Space Foundation Yuri’s…
Read MoreCountry in Focus: Space in Vietnam
The Space Foundation announces a first for its 31st Space Symposium, the head of the Vietnamese space agency, Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director, Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC), will head a Country in Focus panel on Thursday, April 16, focusing on “Space in Vietnam.” This year marks the twentieth anniversary of normalized relations between the…
Read MoreRemembering Leonard Nimoy
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham was asked by Fox News to write a remembrance of Leonard Nimoy at the time of his passing. Pulham got to know Nimoy when he attended the Space Foundation’s 26th Space Symposium in 2010. Nimoy was the recipient of the Space Foundation’s Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award…
Read MoreHighlighting Two Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
by Rebecca Williams, Space Foundation Space Awareness Program Coordinator With the 31st Space Symposium on the horizon, I would like to highlight two of our Space Certification corporate level partners whose technology has been inducted into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame®. The Space Technology Hall of Fame® comprises many extraordinary innovations — all…
Read MoreDr. Wanda Austin Selected to Serve on President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Wanda Austin, Ph.D., Aerospace Corporation president and CEO, has been selected by President Barack Obama to serve on President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Austin also serves on the Space Foundation Board of Directors. PCAST is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers who directly advise the President and the…
Read MorePulham is Featured Speaker for Humans Orbiting Mars Workshop
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham was a featured speaker at The Planetary Society’s workshop Humans Orbiting Mars, held March 31 and April 1, and hosted by the Space Policy Institute, George Washington University. The workshop theme was “A Critical Step in an Executable, Affordable and Sustainable Mars Exploration Program,” with the goal of…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Plans Washington, D.C., Event for New Generation Space Professionals
New Generation Space Leaders programs originated with the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium and have expanded to include events throughout the year and across the U.S. The Space Foundation’s New Generation Space Leaders program gives up-and-coming professionals age 35 and younger the opportunity to gain visibility and exposure to senior leaders while getting advice and insight…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Activities in Washington, D.C.
The Space Foundation’s new Chief Operating Officer, Shelli Brunswick, spent a week in the nation’s capital in March conducting meetings to discuss the new Space Power Caucus, headed by U.S. Reps. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). One of the goals of the Caucus is to help the public understand how vital space technology…
Read MoreChronos Vision and Seismic Damper Technologies are 2015 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
The Space Foundation’s 31st Space Symposium will culminate on April 16 with ceremonies celebrating the induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® of two innovations developed for space that now improve life on Earth. The inductees are: Chronos Vision Technology, a refractive eye surgery device used internationally to improve vision Seismic Damper Technology, a…
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