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Artemis II Successfully Launches 4 Astronauts Toward the Moon
For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are leaving Earth’s orbit. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) took off from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35:12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on a mission that will set the stage for U.S. lunar habitation by 2028. As the 322-foot-tall launch vehicle thundered into the sky,…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Statement on Artemis II Launch
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 1, 2026 — Heather Pringle, CEO of Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, issued the following statement today on the successful launch of Artemis II: “Today, people around the world share this generation’s Moon moment and celebrate the Artemis II crew and the extraordinary team supporting…
Read MoreVeteran Lockheed Martin Engineer Driving Artemis Beyond Apollo’s Success
Blaine Brown has worked 40 years for Lockheed Martin and spent half his career on the Orion spacecraft. He remains as enthusiastic about human spaceflight as he was in the 1980s. “The pay is good, but there are a lot of easier jobs you could have and make money,” said Brown, who joined the Orion project at its earliest stage in 2005. “The inspiration…
Read MoreArtemis Booster Expert Keeps NASA’s Solid Rocket Boosters Flight-Ready
For 37 years, Steve Nielson has been the man in the middle, joining sections of Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters, first for the space shuttle and now for Artemis. He’s one of the last people left on the planet with an encyclopedic understanding of the seals, which hold back millions of pounds of thrust per booster. “There are only…
Read MoreArtemis II’s Slow Crawl to the Moon: Inside the 8-Hour Journey to Launch
Update: Amentum’s Breanne Rohloff and her big rig got an extra workout Feb. 25, when NASA engineers decided to roll the Artemis II back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center to diagnose a helium flow issue in the launch vehicle’s upper stage. She will get the long drive back on the crawler…
Read MoreSpace Workforce for Tomorrow Opens Registration for 2026 National Space Intern Program
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 30, 2025 — Space Foundation, through its strategic initiative Space Workforce for Tomorrow (SWFT), a collaboration with The Aerospace Corporation supported by over 30 leading space organizations, is now accepting registrations for the 2026 National Space Intern (NSI) program, offering college students in STEM fields the opportunity to launch their…
Read MoreInventor Dean Kamen: A Special Space4U Video Interview
Inventors and creators are gamechangers. They not only revolutionize our lives, but there’s an even more precious group of these people who also save lives. Dean Kamen is one of those revolutionary and unique people who does both. Kamen is an engineer, inventor, and businessman who holds more than 1,000 patents. He is best known…
Read MoreDr. Sally Ride — Physicist, Astronaut, Educator
Dr. Sally Ride was a pioneer in space exploration, a physicist and a science educator. She shattered barriers throughout her remarkable and multi-faceted life, opening doors for others — especially young women in the U.S. and around the world. Ride graduated from Stanford University with a double major in physics and English. At the time,…
Read MoreTake Advantage Now of Space Foundation’s Free On-Demand STEM Webinar Series Funded by Lockheed Martin
The Space Foundation, with the support of Lockheed Martin, is offering a 15 series on-demand webinar event of space-inspired STEM activities and career pathway discussions geared toward middle and high school students that also benefits parents and teachers. The goal is to support the development of students to become lifelong STEM learners, to grow a…
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