Report from Headquarters
Weighing in on Ending the Space Shuttle Program
The end of the Space Shuttle program prompted earnest editorials from across the country. Here are some of our favorites: From CBS News P.J. O’Rourke’s comments From the Delaware County, Pa., Daily Times The North Jersey Tribune The Telegraph Read comments on the end of the Space Shuttle program by Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham in…
Space Foundation/CSU-Pueblo Partnership Continues
The Space Foundation’s partnership with Colorado State University (CSU)-Pueblo continues and this summer gave educators in the Pueblo, Colo., area an opportunity for free professional development. The educators learned how to use space themes in the classroom to improve their students’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) interest and skills. The course was offered by the…
Space Foundation Teaches STEM in Charles County
For the fifth consecutive year, the Space Foundation is providing teacher professional development courses for Charles County (Md.) Public Schools educators. This summer the Space Foundation is teaching seven Space Across the Curriculum courses in three weeks in Charles County. The courses include: Earth Systems Science: Our Earth Revealed PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration Biological and Physical Research…
Teachers Search for Life
The Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum professional development courses for teachers continued during July with “Astronomy Principles for the Classroom: Exploring Our Universe and the Search for Life.” The course examines astronomy as it relates to astrobiology and the development of life on Earth. Participants investigated extremophile organisms by conducting fieldwork at the Cave of…
Course Examines Space Technology
In July, 26 teachers spent a week at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute studying the numerous ways space technologies in our society have benefitted humankind. “Space Technologies in the Classroom: Nanotechnology and Space Spin-Offs” is a Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development course that examines the practical applications of orbital mechanics and, through field trips and hands-on demonstrations,…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Team Members
In addition to moving into new headquarters during July, the Space Foundation also welcomed two new team members. IT technician Jason Barretta joined the Space Foundation during the relocation of the headquarters in early July. He previously worked for Verizon Wireless, where he was a desktop/network administrator, and for Hewlett-Packard Corporation and the Royal Bank of Canada. He earned…
Visit Space Online
The Internet provides vast resources for information about space, from news articles and videos to beautiful space photography. Explore the wonders of space in cyberspace: To see how the Moon might one day provide energy, click here Giant storm on Saturn amazes, click here Photos by NASA astronaut Col. Douglas Wheelock, see them here To see replays of…
James Webb Space Telescope is Worthy Investment
The newly released Space Foundation white paper “The James Webb Space Telescope: A Worthy Investment in Space Science – July 2011” provides a concise and compelling argument for fully funding the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the level requested in the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. It provides four primary compelling reasons for continuing…
How to Contact the Space Foundation
The Space Foundation headquarters moved in July. We can still be reached at our main Colorado Springs phone number, (719) 576-8000, and individual email addresses remain the same. The new mailing and delivery address is: Space Foundation 4425 Arrowswest Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 The Space Foundation Discovery Institute, which serves as headquarters for the Space…
Satellite Navigation: The Need to Avoid Interference
Recent news stories have weighed the potential for disruptions to global positioning system (GPS) services that may be caused by a terrestrial communications network planned for construction by the company LightSquared. Many end-users and policymakers are concerned about the impact these disruptions could have on such things as aircraft safety and in-car navigation. In addition, as new satellite navigation…