Space Foundation News

Every year, thousands of people journey to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the annual Space Symposium. Generally regarded as the one must-attend global space event, the Space Symposium brings together leaders and visionaries to discuss, address and plan for the future of space. It’s worth your time to attend to hear from these featured speakers:   Gen.…

The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs recently conducted its first survey of Best Places to Work in the Pikes Peak Region. According to The Gazette, the companies included were selected based on employee responses to questions about company leadership, training, diversity and social responsibility. The Space Foundation was informed in late October that it had…

The Space Foundation’s third annual Faga Forum on Space Intelligence will be held on Feb. 20 at SAIC in Chantilly, Va. This one-day classified conference requires U.S. citizenship and a TS/SCI security clearance for registration. The Forum will bring together industry, as well as government, decision makers versed in national security space and intelligence issues…

After 16 years, the Space Foundation’s monthly newsletter Space Watch is ending with the November 2017 issue. Read about this decision, and other changes at the Space Foundation, in CEO Tom Zelibor’s View From Here in this issue. Coming in December, you’ll find more current information about the Space Foundation and global space news on…

The Space Foundation is accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at the 34th Space Symposium Tech Track, April 16, 2018, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. This premier global space conference annually attracts thousands of space professionals from dozens of countries. Abstracts will be accepted until Nov. 10, 2017, and authors will…

The Space Foundation’s International Student Art Contest was launched in 2011 to inspire children around the world to envision the possibilities and adventures to be found in space. The contest quickly grew from 150 entries the first year — mostly from the Space Foundation’s home state of Colorado — to more than 7,200 entries from 52…

The Pikes Peak Regional Airshow opens today, Sept. 23, in Colorado Springs, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and Warbirds, as well as aerobatic teams and more than 30 vintage aircraft. Look for the Space Foundation booth in the Airshow’s KidZone. Admission to the KidZone is free with Airshow admission. Activities at the Space Foundation…

Every summer, the Space Foundation solicits nominations for induction into its Space Technology Hall of Fame® for the coming year. In addition to affording innovators much-deserved recognition, this program serves to encourage further innovation. Created by the Space Foundation in 1988, the Space Technology Hall of Fame recognizes the life-changing technologies emerging from global space…

The Space Foundation’s third Space Technology & Investment Forum concludes today in San Francisco. Attendees have been participating in the two-day conference as technical experts, advisors, mentors and service providers to facilitate new business ventures and bring big ideas to fruition. Successful space industry CEOs and founders of new space startups shared their experiences about…

The Space Foundation’s third Space Technology & Investment Forum opened today in San Francisco, bringing together top venture capitalists and angel investors with space industry experts to explain the technical, legal and business issues critical to market analysis and risk assessment. Today’s program began with comments by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Tom Zelibor. Featured…