Report from Headquarters
Space Foundation Launches Two New Indexes
The Space Foundation has for the past several years provided the definitive gauge of industry performance with the Space Foundation Index, which tracks the market performance of 29 public companies that derive a significant amount of their revenue from space-related assets and activities. This year, in conjunction with the release of The Space Report 2009:…
Education Events Focus on the Next Space Age
The education events at the 25th National Space Symposium are designed to focus on the Next Space Age and how educators and students will play a major role in creating and living the future, echoing the theme of the symposium. “Our focus is to inspire the next generation of explorers,” said senior aerospace education specialist…
Space Foundation Participates In UNCOPUOS
The Space Foundation recently participated in the 46th Session of the Science and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). Meeting in Vienna, the committee considered a variety of agenda items including space debris, space-system-based disaster management support, recent developments in global navigation satellite systems, the use…
Space Certification Creates Business Opportunity
In a relationship facilitated by the Space Foundation, TransTech Corporation is now using the petroleum remediation product (PRP) technology developed by Universal Remediation, Inc., to clean up potential spills of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) associated with testing transformers for PCB content. PRP technology is officially recognized by the Space Foundation as a Certified Space Technology and…
Chiropractor Credits NASA and Space Foundation for New Treatment
Oxford, Ohio, Chiropractor Alan Hudson credited NASA and the Space Foundation in a recent article in the Oxford Press for his ability to measurably improve his patients’ pain. Hudson is one of many chiropractic doctors who have added the Insight Subluxation Station to their practice. “The technology is designed to measure some of those things…
Toffler Associates Joins the Space Foundation's Growing List of Corporate Members
The Space Foundation welcomes Toffler Associates as a Corporate Member at the Partner level. World-renowned futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler founded Toffler Associates to help organizations understand and succeed in the rapidly changing global society. The couple has been exploring the future for more than 40 years, and their ideas form the backbone of how the…
2009 Space Foundation Corporate Members
Thank you to all of our 2009 Corporate Members! Corporate Membership with the Space Foundation places companies in the presence of industry giants and other successful, growing companies in the space industry. Space Foundation corporate members benefit from advance notice of Foundation event sponsorship and business opportunities, preferential exhibit hall positioning, reduced exhibit booth rates,…
The Space Foundation Recognizes New Corporate Members, Cobham, Jacobs, and WP Aerospace.
The Space Foundation welcomes three new companies to its growing list of Corporate Members. The Space Foundation’s newest Corporate Partner, Cobham, is a global company engaged in developing, delivering and supporting leading- edge aerospace and defense systems in the air, on land and at sea. Employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, Cobham has…
Stevens New Director of Communications and Public Outreach for Space Foundation
Janet P. Stevens, APR, has joined the Space Foundation as director – communications and public outreach. Stevens is responsible for supporting the Space Foundation’s mission through relationships with targeted constituent groups, including the media. Stevens, a 30-year public relations professional, most recently was senior vice president – public relations for Idearc, Inc., provider of Superpages.comTM…
Space Foundation Brings Excitement of Space to 15 Chicago School Districts
The Space Foundation’s education team, aided by veteran space shuttle astronaut Dr. Jim Reilly, brought the excitement of space and space education to teachers and administrators from 15 western Chicago-area school districts on Jan. 26. At a joint workshop of school administrators and teachers, Space Foundation aerospace education specialists Bryan DeBates, Bobby Gagnon, and Chrys…