Report from Headquarters
Historic Words ‘Hello Twitterverse!”
Social media became truly universal this year when on Jan. 22 flight engineer T.J. Creamer, of NASA Expedition 22 on the International Space Station, posted the first tweet from somewhere other than Earth. In his first tweet Creamer wrote: “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live…
IMAX® 3D Space Film HUBBLE 3D Debuts March 19
Since few of us of us will ever experience space travel, the next best thing might be the new IMAX® 3D space film, HUBBLE 3D. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, HUBBLE 3D is an IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with NASA. For nearly 30 years, IMAX and NASA have teamed to produce films…
Levin Appointed to Defense Board
Space Foundation Board of Directors treasurer Lon Levin has been appointed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to serve as a member of the 2010 Defense Business Board. The Defense Business Board, a federal advisory board, conducts studies and provides the secretary and deputy secretary of defense advice on best business practices as they pertain to the…
Space Foundation Partners Team Up in India
GMV, a private, multinational firm headquartered in Madrid, has been awarded a contract with Raytheon to develop a prototype algorithm for India’s new satellite-based civil aviation navigation system. The Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN), which was developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India, will give…
Space Foundation Rolls Out PreK-2 Program
The Space Foundation is expanding its nationally known Space Across the Curriculum educator professional development courses by adding a week of classes specifically for teachers of PreK-2nd grade students. Beginning in the summer of 2010, the new course will join the Space Foundation’s other six classes for grade PreK-high school teachers. Piloted Dec. 3-4 with Charles County Public Schools in Charles County, Md., the…
Maryland Teachers, Students See S.T.A.R.S.
The Space Foundation conducted a team-teaching in-service rocketry workshop for 10 Charles County (Md.) Public School 5th grade science teachers on Dec. 7 that provided ideas and lessons the teachers could take directly back to their classrooms. Space Foundation Aerospace Education Specialists Bobby Gagnon and Melissa Peterson used standards-based activities to show the teachers how to integrate rocketry into…
Former Astronaut/NASA Administrator to Lecture
In December, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center opened an exhibition of space art: NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration. Scheduled to run through March 7, and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in cooperation with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the…
Deadline Approaching for Shepard Award Nominations
The deadline is approaching to nominate an educator to receive the 2010 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. Given by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Space Foundation, the award will be presented on April 12 during the Opening Ceremony of the 26th National Space Symposium at…
Talent, Inspiration, and Money Drive Space
Last June, Space Foundation partner Toffler Associates held a meeting in conjunction with the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York where public and private sector leaders discussed the future of the space industry. Toffler Associates combined input from this group with its own observations, research, and experience, plus data from The Space Report: The…
U.S. Space is New Corporate Member
U.S. Space LLC has become the Space Foundation’s newest Corporate Member. An American-owned and -operated company located in Dulles, Va., U.S. Space offers commercial, privately financed military satellite communications to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The company was established in January 2009 by a small group of former…