New Generation Initiatives
New Gen Spotlight: Aerospace Songbirds
This series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and mentors. To find…
Space Foundation to Host Networking for New Generation Space Leaders in Washington, D.C.
by Bernadette Maisel, Space Foundation Director – Customer Relations and New Generation Program Lead The Space Foundation New Generation Programs are expanding from coast to coast, providing networking and mentorship opportunities for young professionals. The goal of our New Generation program is to foster meaningful, long-term peer relationships between space professionals aged 35 and younger,…
New Gen Spotlight: Not Your Typical Space Careers
This new series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and mentors. To…
Space Foundation Launches Quarterly New Generation Networking in Washington, D.C.
In September, the Space Foundation partnered with Women in Aerospace (WIA), Women in Defense and the Space Generation Advisory Council to host a joint New Generation networking reception at Airbus Group Government Relations and Experience Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to providing the spectacular venue, host Airbus Group, a Space Foundation Contributing Member, also provided beverages…
New Generation Spotlight: Women in Aerospace
This new series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and…
Cape Canaveral New Gen Party Kicks Off World Space Week
New Generation space professionals will launch World Space Week at a Kick Off Party at Florida Beer Company, 200 Imperial Blvd., Cape Canaveral, on Monday, Oct. 3, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Space professionals age 35 years or younger are invited to join the Florida space community in a tailgate party to launch the largest annual…
Expanding the Horizons of New Generation Initiatives
by Bernadette Maisel, Space Foundation Director – Customer Relations and New Generation Program Lead In 2008, the Space Foundation created the New Generation Initiatives as a forum to foster meaningful, long-term peer relationships between space professionals aged 35 and younger, and to provide access to top space leaders for opportunities in career mentorship. Since its…
Plan Now to Join the 33rd Space Symposium’s New Generation Track
Hundreds of young space professionals participate in New Generation Space Leaders programs at the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium, held each April at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Designed for space professionals age 35 or younger, the New Generation program provides access to top space leaders, perspectives on industry developments and global space initiatives, insight…
The Value of Networking: One Connection Can Make All the Difference
by Bernadette Maisel, Space Foundation Director – Customer Relations and New Generation Program Lead As a young professional, networking seems to be the common theme at many events I attend. Often, I attend these events just because there is a time set in the agenda for networking. I like to think of networking as an…
Space Foundation Supports United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace Interns' Record-setting Launch
On July 24, a 50-feet-tall high-power sport rocket carried payloads thousands of feet above Fort Carson Army Post, the largest sport rocket to launch anywhere in the world. This student rocket launch carried payloads weighing in at more than 1,200 pounds and generating 6,600 pounds of thrust off the launch pad. The event also included…