Space Foundation News
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,…
Space Commerce Institute and The Levan Center of Innovation Successfully Execute Space Medicine Roundtable and Entrepreneurial Cohorts
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…
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.
Space Foundation Selected as World Space Week 2023 National Coordinator
Space Foundation has been selected by the World Space Week Association as the World Space Week national coordinator for the United States.
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;…
Space Foundation Discovery Center Announces Newest Exhibit Honoring Space Shuttle Columbia
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…
Space Foundation Receives Half-Million Dollars in Funding from El Pomar Foundation
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…
Space Foundation Partners with Embassy of Italy for Italian National Space Day 2022
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…
Space Foundation and Boeing Launch Art in the Stars to Send Student Artwork into Space
Students aged 3-18 are invited to submit original artwork inspired by the theme “Breaking Boundaries in Space” All submissions will travel to space digitally aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Showcase begins on Oct. 4 with entries due by Dec. 16, 2022 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oct. 4, 2022 — Boeing and Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate…
Space Foundation to Celebrate World Space Week 2022
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 27, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced programming for its celebration of World Space Week 2022, Oct. 4-10. This year, the theme for the annual event is “Space and Sustainability” to celebrate sustainability in and from space. In…