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Space Foundation Selects Major General Heather Pringle, USAF as its New Chief Executive Officer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 5, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced the selection of Major General Heather Pringle, U.S. Air Force, as its new chief executive officer effective July 1, 2023. Presently serving as Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory,…

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Space Commerce Institute and The Levan Center of Innovation Successfully Execute Space Medicine Roundtable and Entrepreneurial Cohorts

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 20, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Commerce Institute and The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation successfully executed LEVL5: SPACE DOCK at NSU™ Space Medicine Roundtable and Ideate and…

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Space Foundation CEO Delivers State of Space Keynote Urging U.S. to Declare Space as Critical Infrastructure

In an annual State of Space 2023 keynote, Tom Zelibor speaks to the need to declare space a U.S. critical infrastructure.

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Space Foundation Selected as World Space Week 2023 National Coordinator

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Space Foundation has been selected by the World Space Week Association as the World Space Week national coordinator for the United States.

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Space Foundation to Host State of Space 2023 Program on Feb. 16

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 9, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that it will host its annual program, State of Space, on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. EST. The fifth annual event will stream on Space Foundation’s Symposium365;…

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Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2022 Q4 

Records Set for Launches and Payloads Reaching Space Despite Economic Headwinds    Successful launch attempts increased more than 33% from 2021 to 2022  Spacecraft operators deployed 2,354 spacecraft in 2022, a 36% annual increase   Pentagon more than doubled space budgets from 2005 to 2022  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jan. 24, 2023 – Space Foundation, a nonprofit…

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Space Foundation Discovery Center Announces Newest Exhibit Honoring Space Shuttle Columbia

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jan. 19, 2023 – Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Foundation Discovery Center will open its newest exhibit, “With Dignity, Honor, and Reverence: The Recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia,” on Saturday, Feb. 4. The exhibit commemorates the 20th…

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Space Foundation Receives Half-Million Dollars in Funding from El Pomar Foundation

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Dec. 22, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced it is the recipient of a $500,000 donation from El Pomar Foundation. This gift will allow for upgrades into Space Foundation Discovery Center’s operating infrastructure and educational programming. In 2021, El…

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Space Foundation Partners with Embassy of Italy for Italian National Space Day 2022

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Dec. 8, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Commerce Institute is partnering with the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C., Italian Trade Agency (ITA), Italian Space Agency (ASI), U.S. Chamber of Commerce and George Washington University…

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Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2022 Q3 with New Findings on Global Workforce, Space Force Recruiting, Spacesuits, and Biobandages

U.S. space employment grew 2.6% during 2021 U.S. Space Force saw more than 18,000 applicants vie for 511 enlisted jobs Recent 3D printing experiments could revolutionize treatment of injuries in space COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oct. 11, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today released…

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