Space Foundation News

The Space Foundation saluted Air Force Space Command’s 30th anniversary with two gala events in two cities. The Colorado Springs event included a reception, dinner, awards presentations and the introduction of many notable figures from the Command’s history. A smaller, more intimate event took place in Washington, D.C., and featured a “Fireside Chat” with former…

On Oct. 5, the Space Foundation realizes a long-time dream with the official ribbon cutting of the Space Foundation Visitors Center, which comprises the Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®, and the El Pomar Space Gallery. This event will be one of our many World Space Week activities. The invitation-only VIP event,…

October is the month to submit nominations for the Space Foundation’s most prestigious annual awards. See more about Space Foundation awards and previous winners here. Nominate for the Hill Award by Oct. 12 Oct. 12 is the deadline to submit nominations for the Space Foundation’s highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The…

This week, more students participated in sessions at the Space Foundation’s Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®, testing our new Wonders of the Universe courses for PreK-12th grade students. In all, approximately 350 students from 11 Colorado schools are participating in “soft opening” sessions of the standards-based courses that use our Science On a Sphere (SOS)…

Today, the new Space Foundation Northrop Grumman Science Center welcomed its first students. Approximately 50 fourth graders from Talbott Elementary School in Widefield District 3, Colo., and 50 fifth graders from Discovery Canyon Campus Academy in Colorado Springs District 20 stepped through the doors of the new facility, which features Science On a Sphere® (SOS),…

A crowd of almost 600 celebrated Air Force Space Command’s birthday Friday night at The Space Foundation Presents a 30th Anniversary Salute to Air Force Space Command at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event included a reception, dinner, awards presentations and remarks by former Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Commander Gen. Kevin…

Come see the Space Foundation at the What If… Festival of Innovation & Imagination, to be held Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., at the Plaza of the Rockies, in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. What If… will fill more than six square blocks of downtown Colorado Springs with activities demonstrating and encouraging innovation, imagination…

The Space Foundation is supporting the future of space with programs at the 13th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference this week in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes presentation of a space technology panel on the main agenda, education programs for teachers and students, a reception for young space professionals and co-sponsorship…

The Space Foundation is participating in several special events open to the community in Alamosa, Colo., on Sept. 6-7 in conjunction with Adams State University (ASU)’s Zacheis Planetarium Grand Re-Opening Celebration. The activities, supported by a $3.6 million grant to ASU from the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) program,…

Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham will help celebrate the opening of the Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (cSETR) and the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Education Laboratory at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) on Sept. 6. Also attending the opening will be NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, along with officials…