Space Foundation News
STAR Academy Students Visit Discovery Center for STEM Lessons
On Oct. 10, students from STAR Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., came to the Space Foundation Discovery Center for hands-on STEM lessons (science, technology, engineering and math). The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the region’s first and only space, science and technology attraction, and in addition to being open to the public, offers education programs…
Space Foundation Holds Briefing on Space Situational Awareness
This week the Space Foundation held a briefing in Washington, D.C., regarding Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and the status of the U.S. Air Force Space Fence Program. Panelists included: Robert Curbeam, Vice President for Mission Assurance, Quality & Raytheon Six Sigma, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Steve Bruce, Vice President for Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors,…
Space Foundation Hosts Visitors from German Aerospace Center and FireWatch America
This week, distinguished guests from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and FireWatch America visited Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., and toured the Discovery Center. One purpose of the visit was to discuss progress on adoption of the FireWatch system locally to help protect people and property from wildfires that have plagued Colorado…
Space Foundation Presents Audience With an Astronaut for Colorado Springs Science Festival
As part of its World Space Week events, the Space Foundation brought former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., to Colorado Springs, Colo., for a series of Audience With an Astronaut presentations. Based in Houston, Chiao also serves as Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight. The Space Foundation is a proud World Space Week Partner…
World Space Week Begins Today!
The Space Foundation is a proud World Space Week Partner Organization. Here is how the global celebration of World Space Week (WSW) got its start — it was initiated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999 with the purpose of celebrating every Oct. 4-10 “the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment…
Space Foundation Celebrates World Space Week Oct. 4-10
The Space Foundation will again join the global celebration of World Space Week, held each year Oct. 4-10. The celebration coincides with the one-year anniversary of the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center, home of the El Pomar Space Gallery and Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®. The Discovery Center is part of the…
2nd Annual Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball is Oct. 26
The Space Foundation’s Discovery Center in Colorado Springs is the perfect setting for this year’s 2nd Annual Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball. This fundraising event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, 7:00-11:00 p.m., at the Discovery Center, 4425 Arrowswest Drive. Tickets are $25 per person in advance, $30 at the door, and available…
Space Foundation New Generation Programs are Focus at 64th IAC in Beijing
Three Space Foundation representatives, CEO Elliot Pulham, Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs Steve Eisenhart and Research Analyst G. Ryan Faith participated in the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Beijing, China, last month. They also took part in the 12th Annual Space Generation Congress (SGC), a three-day pre-conference event geared toward young space professionals and students. …
Team Building and Rocket Launching
On Sept. 30, the Space Foundation led a team-building exercise for Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance. The participants gathered in the Area 51 section of the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center, where they learned the basic principles of rocketry. They formed groups and designed and constructed their own water rockets out of 2-liter plastic bottles, then…
Educators: Apply Now to Become a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison
If space and teaching are your passions, then the Space Foundation can bring you together with other like-minded educators to learn new ways to use space themes to strengthen curriculum and inspire students. Educators from around the world who have an interest in space are invited to apply now to become a Space Foundation Teacher…