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Certified Space Program
Planet LLC Joins Space Certification Program The Space Foundation recently announced three PLANET LLC commercial products: Space Garden Kit, JSC-1A Lunar Regolith Simulant, and JSC-Mars-1A Martian Regolith Simulant, as recently added Certified Educational Products. Space Garden Kit’s unique growth chamber is a ground-based version of an actual vegetable growth system designed for the International Space…
Space Camp for Teachers – Video Shows Value of Teacher Education
“Space Camp for Teachers” is a feature video highlighting the Space Foundation’s Space Discovery Institute courses in Charles County. In 2007, the Space Foundation began a partnership with the Charles County Public School system to make Space Discovery Institute classes available to their teachers. In 2008, the Space Foundation doubled the number of classes offered…
Space Certification Program Recognizes New Technologies
UniRem Helps Clean Up Environment Universal Remediation’s (UniRem) Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP) was recently recognized by the Space Foundation as a Certified Space Technology. This space technology-based product provides safe and permanent removal of petroleum-based pollutants from oil spills and fuel leaks in water resources around the world. PRP is, in essence, hollow spheres…
Space Foundation Welcomes Two New Partners to Growing List of Corporate Members
Astrium Satellite Subsystems & Equipment, a division of EADS Astrium, joins the Space Foundation membership as a Contributing Partner. Astruim Satellite is a world leader in the design and manufacture of satellite subsystems and equipment, covering a wide range of applications for Earth observation and reconnaissance, science, satellite navigation, and telecommunication. The division sells its…
Successful Summer of Space and Science Education
It was an extraordinary summer of space and science education for the more than 225 educators from across the country who participated in the 2008 Space Discovery Institute. The nine courses this summer covered subjects including biological and physical research; kinesthetic astronomy principles; imagery and high tech science; earth systems science; and rocketry and the…
Certified Education Product Boosts Space Foundation Education Efforts
Apogee Componets, whose RockSim software is a Space Foundation Certified Education Product, recently participated in the 2008 Space Discovery Institute course “Rocketry and the Biology of Living in Space.” Tim Van Milligan, chief visionary officer for Apogee Components, showed educators from across the nation how to use Apogee’s RockSim software in their classrooms. RockSim allows…
Space Foundation Inspires, Enables, and Propels Educators with Summer Programs
The Space Foundation recently completed the first two courses in the 2008 Colorado Springs Space Discovery Institute series. “Rocketry and the Biology of Living in Space: Living Aboard the International Space Station” demonstrated an effective way for PreK – 12th grade educators to inspire their students to learn about the fundamental processes of propulsion. The…
The Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Members
Moog Inc. recently joined the Space Foundation as a Corporate Partner. Founded more than 50 years ago by inventor, entrepreneur, and visionary William C. Moog, Moog started as a designer and supplier of aircraft and missile components. Today, Moog is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision control components and systems. Moog’s high-performance systems…
Space Technology Hall of Fame Exhibit to appear in Science Discovery Center
The Space Technology Hall of Fame will see increased visibility with a display at a new museum, science discovery center & planetarium in Albany, Ga. Currently under construction, the more than 15,000 square foot, $3.8 million structure will house exhibits and programming about space including multi-media presentations, a storytelling area, and a discovery room focusing…
Education Program News
Space Discovery Institute – Teaching Teachers to Inspire The Space Foundation’s 2008 Space Discovery Institute graduate courses are set to begin June 16. These courses utilize proven teaching strategies to enable, excite, and inspire teachers to integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) principles into their classrooms using the medium of space to capture the…