Report from Headquarters
Teacher Liaison’s Students Win NASA Competition
 Four students of Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Kimberley Klein have won first place in the national 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award video contest sponsored by NASA and Hasbro. The contest asked students in two age groups, 3rd – 5th grade and 6th – 8th grade, to create short videos that demonstrate how technologies developed…
Themis Granted Certified Technology Status
 The Space Foundation has designated hyperspectral imaging systems by Themis Vision Systems as a Certified Space Technology(TM). Used in a space exploration support role, hyperspectral sensors capture reflected energy from observed objects, which is then analyzed to identify attributes not otherwise visible. Working with NASA, Themis Vision Systems has radically reduced sensor size and eliminated…
Internet Provides Cool Space Links
 The Internet is overflowing with interesting, education and sometimes just silly space information. For a time-lapse history of the construction of the International Space Station, click here. For the first-ever view of Mercury from orbit around the innermost planet, click here. To see how aliens view our use of space developments, click here. To see…
Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams Wins Award
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams has been awarded the Space Center Houston third annual Cherri Brinley Space Science Educator Award. The award was presented at the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) in Houston last month. Cherri Brinley was a Houston-area educator and space enthusiast who shared her passion for space science with students and fellow educators. She died…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM Through STARS
The Space Foundation’s education programs support teachers and PreK-12 students with standards-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into all content areas. One of its primary outreach programs is STARS (Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space), a hands-on science enrichment program for students based on participant schools’ specific academic needs. From…
Internet Provides Links to Space Information
 This month’s space Internet links include: A Wall Street Journal article that shows that the “next generation will not be ready to be world-class inventors, doctors and engineers;” click here Information about the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award’s namesake from BBC News; click here; to read about the award, click here 3D images of the…
Space Foundation Presents at ISU Symposium
Each year, the International Space University (ISU) organizes a three-day symposium addressing a topical theme from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. These symposia attract audiences of around 200 members of the space sector from agencies, industry and academia worldwide. The theme of this year’s 15th ISU Annual International Symposium was “The International Space Station: Maximizing…
Sign Up Now for Teacher Professional Development
Teachers, sign up now to earn professional development credit and spend a week this summer in beautiful Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses focus on national standards and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles. These full-day, week-long classes are held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute, 105 Coleridge Ave., Colorado Springs. And…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Members
The Space Foundation’s cadre of corporate member companies has grown to 112. Corporate members choose from one of five levels of membership – which offer an increasing number of benefits per level. Key benefits include: Frequent public/industry recognition as a Space Foundation corporate member Notification of significant marketing and business development opportunities Information and reports on…
Apply for Lucy Enos Scholarship by April 15
There is still time for educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, to apply for the Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for a qualified Hawaiian educator through the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship, which covers tuition,…