Space Awareness
GMV Named to World’s "Top 50" Space Manufacturing and Service Companies
For a third year, Space Foundation Patron GMV has been named to the Space News “Top 50 List” of the world’s largest space manufacturing and service companies. In the space sector, GMV is currently the world’s number one independent supplier of satellite control centers for commercial telecommunication satellites. In recent years, over 45 percent of…
Star Watching Tips from the Space Foundation
Space Foundation space education specialist Elias Molen was recently interviewed by the Denver Post for an article about star gazing. In it, he recommended smartphone applications for finding constellations, including: Star Walk, Google Sky Map, Starry Night and Planets. “Families just bring up the night sky on their smart phones,” Molen was quoted in the…
Snoopy Soars with NASA Exhibit Launches with Space Foundation Support
The Space Foundation is partnering with the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum to support a special traveling exhibit from the Charles M. Schulz Museum called To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. The exhibition, which runs Nov. 17 through April 20, examines the history of Apollo 10 and the role characters from Schulz’s popular Peanuts comic strip…
Orionid Meteor Shower Lights Up Skies Around the World
Stargazers worldwide were treated to a real show during the third weekend of October when the Orionid meteor shower sent bits and pieces of Halley’s Comet falling down to Earth. The meteor shower peaked in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 21. For those who could not see the falling stars in person from…
What is it Like to Live on the ISS?
On the market: shared living space with six-month lease. No rent, but must work for room and board; no pets; weekends off (kind of); transportation provided; astronomical view. “What a deal! Where do I sign? Oh, did I mention there is an almost-four-year training program? Still, it would be my chance to live aboard the…
The Space Report Chronicles Upcoming Missions
As NASA’s Curiosity rover explores the surface of Mars, scientists and engineers are hard at work on future planetary science missions. These missions provide insight into how planets and other celestial bodies are formed, the processes that shape their internal structure, land forms and atmospheres. Upcoming Missions The next mission to Mars, the Mars Atmospheric…
Watch Great Space Videos on YouTube
There’s lots of information in this issue of Space Watch about the new Space Foundation Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere®, but for something different, take a look at this YouTube video of Science off the Sphere, here. Here is a video of International Space Station Commander Suni Williams completing the 2012…
Pulham Featured Guest on "Space Talk" – Hear it Here
Last month, Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham was the featured guest on radio program Space Talk with Jim Banke, a weekly, one-hour radio program that originates on Florida’s Space Coast, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Pulham talked about top events at the Space Foundation, the importance of…
Curious About Curiosity?
Following its stunning (and suspenseful) touchdown on Mars on Aug. 6, the Curiosity rover has been sending back never-before-seen images of the red planet. Some images are historical (first transmission shown at left; panorama, shown above) and some are just plain silly (below right). To see the official NASA file, go here. See the landing…
Independent Space Film Uses Unique Funding Approach
The producers of Fight for Space, a feature-length documentary film that explores the current state and future of the U.S. space program, have used a unique – and successful – approach to fund their project. Eventide Visuals, Chico, Calif., engaged in the new concept of “crowdfunding” to raise more than $100,000 to produce the independent…