Posts by Space Foundation Editorial Team
Space Foundation Now Accepting Applications for International Teacher Liaison Program
Application deadline: Sept. 30, 2023 Program community currently over 350 educators from 21 countries Selectees invited to participate in Space Symposium COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — June 8, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced it is accepting applications for…
Read MoreSpace Foundation to Host Train-the-Trainer Teacher Professional Development Workshop June 26-30
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — May 31, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, announced that it will host a Train-the-Trainer Teacher Professional Development workshop on June 26-30, 2023, at Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The week-long, project-based professional development event…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Partners With Operation Homefront to Support Military Families
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — May 16, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that in commemoration of Memorial Day it is partnering with Operation Homefront to make an astronomical impact for students and military families. During the month of May…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Partners with Embassy of Italy and Italian Trade Agency to Launch Spazio Monthly Series
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — May 2, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Commerce Institute is partnering with Embassy of Italy to the United States and Italian Trade Agency of Houston (ITA) to launch Spazio, a monthly series…
Read MorePhantom Space Corporation and Equatorial Launch Australia Expand Scope of Future Equatorial Orbit Launches from Arnhem Space Centre
Equatorial Launch Australia — April 19, 2023 — (ELA) the developer, owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory, having previously signed an undisclosed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with American space transportation and rocket manufacturing company Phantom Space Corporation in Sept 2022, is now working towards…
Read MoreAerojet Rocketdyne to Provide Propulsion for Three Additional Orion Spacecraft
REDMOND, Wash. — April 19, 2023 — Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-VIII. This new work is an extension of the 2019 Orion Production and Operations Contract (OPOC). The Orion spacecraft recently completed…
Read MoreCompany Partners with InterFlight Global Europe to Establish Astroport Europe for Lunar Construction Operations
LUXEMBOURG – April 19, 2023 — Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio Texas, USA, and InterFlight Global Europe, S.à r.l. , headquartered in Luxembourg, announce their joint partnership for the launch of Astroport Space Technologies S.à r.l. (Astroport Europe). The two companies unveiled the new Astroport subsidiary at the European Space Resources Week annual…
Read MoreL3Harris Awarded $145 Million Contract to Modernize US Space Domain Awareness Capabilities
MELBOURNE, Fla. — April 19, 2023 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced the award of option year four of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program. The $145 million contract from the U.S. Space Force continues the modernization and sustainment of critical space infrastructure enabling the Space Force core competency of Space…
Read MoreL3Harris Awarded Booster Avionics Contract for NASA Artemis Missions
MELBOURNE, Fla. — April 18, 2023 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced a $27 million contract to support NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension program. Developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman, the solid rocket boosters power the rocket at launch. L3Harris’ role on the program includes system control performance during the…
Read MoreL3Harris to Provide Audio System for NASA’s First Crewed Flight to the Moon Since Apollo
MELBOURNE, Fla. — April 18, 2023 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) will provide the Mission Astronaut Communication System for NASA’s Artemis II mission, America’s first crewed flight to the Moon in more than 50 years. L3Harris supplies the critical audio interface, speaker and control unit onboard the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft, which allows mission-essential communication among…
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