Space Foundation News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 21, 2008) — Dean Cheng, China Specialist, CNA Corporation, Project Asia, will be a featured speaker at the 24th National Space Symposium. Cheng will speak at 2:45pm on Wednesday, April 9. More than 7,500 registrants, guests, speakers, exhibitors, and media from across the United States and many foreign countries are expected…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 19, 2008) — The Space Foundation will hold its sixth annual Space Career Fair on April 10, in conjunction with the 24th National Space Symposium. This event is open to undergraduate and graduate students as well as transitioning military personnel. The  symposium, the premier annual gathering of the global space community,…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 4, 2008) — The Space Foundation and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), hosted a briefing in Washington, D.C., for congressional staff on space weather and its impacts.  Held on February 28, this briefing was part of the Foundation’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness of, knowledge about, and support…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 28, 2008) — On February 27, the Space Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association hosted the first Congressional Space Power Caucus Breakfast of 2008 in Washington, D.C.  Gen. C. Robert Kehler, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command was the featured speaker.  Kehler spoke about the increased understanding about the importance…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 20, 2008) — This week Space Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Elliot G. Pulham is at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., participating in meetings, briefings, and exercises with the Air Force Civic Leaders group.  In addition to taking part in classified and unclassified briefings on the global war on terror,…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 31, 2008) — The Space Foundation held its annual board of directors meeting and dinner in Colorado Springs, January 30 and 31, 2008.  Officers and members of the board assumed their new roles and responsibilities at this time.  They include, Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF (Retired), vice president of Booz…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 25, 2008) — The Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office hosted a Space Foundation Correspondent’s Group (SFCG) meeting on January 24, 2008. Featured speaker Brig. Gen. C. Donald Alston, USAF, director, Space and Nuclear Operations, deputy chief of staff for Air, Space, and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 13, 2007) — The Space Foundation is proud to recognize the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Tracks Santa Program as a Certified Space Imagination Product. NORAD uses four high-tech systems to track Santa: radar, satellites, “Santa Cams,” and jet fighter aircraft. To track Santa, click on the “Track Santa With…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 12, 2007) — The Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office hosted another successful Space Foundation Correspondents Group on December 11, 2007. Richard Garriott, a well-known video game designer who is scheduled to be the next private citizen to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), and Eric Anderson, president and chief executive…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 4, 2007) — The Space Foundation recently unveiled a daily, Web-based version of the Space Foundation Index. Updated each business day, shortly after the markets close, the online Space Foundation Index displays the performance of the index companies versus the NASDAQ and S&P 500 from its inception as well as in daily,…