Space Foundation News
World Space Week Features Full Line-Up of Space Foundation Activities
The Space Foundation will celebrate World Space Week with a full week of activities, including the opening of its new Northrop Grumman Science Center, which includes a Science On a Sphere®, and the El Pomar Space Gallery, to be located at the Space Foundation World Headquarters, 4425 Arrowswest Drive in Colorado Springs, Colo. The first…
Space Foundation Will Hold Multiple Events at AMOS Conference
The Space Foundation is emphasizing the future of space with programs at the 13th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. The conference, a program of the Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. (MEDB), runs…
Pulham to be Featured Guest on "Space Talk"
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham will be the featured guest on radio program “Space Talk with Jim Banke”, Saturday, Sept. 22, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. “Space Talk” is a weekly, one-hour radio program that originates on Florida’s Space Coast, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. “Space Talk” can…
Check Space Foundation Calendar for Upcoming Events
The Space Foundation is involved in a wide variety of events – presentations, participation in international space forums, courses and programs for teachers and students, community events, astronaut presentations and more. To see what’s coming up, just click on our calendar on the Space Foundation website. The actual calendar at the top gives you a…
NASA Associate Administrator for Education Leland Melvin Visits Space Foundation
A diverse background in materials science engineering, professional football and as an astronaut led Leland Melvin to his current position as NASA Associate Administrator for Education. On Friday, he visited Space Foundation headquarters and toured the soon-to-open Visitors Center. Melvin also toured the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs and spoke to students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy.…
Pulham on "The World Today" Radio Show
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated in a panel discussion about the future of space on The World Today, Australia’s leading afternoon radio current affairs radio program on Thursday, Aug. 30. Broadcast across Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), The World Today can also be heard internationally on the Internet or via podcast. The ABC is…
Space Foundation, Secure World Foundation Host Security and Sustainability Briefing
The Space Foundation partnered with the Secure World Foundation on Aug. 21 to host a lunch briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss international initiatives aimed at outer space security and sustainability. The briefing was conducted by a panel featuring: Sam Black, director of policy, Satellite Industry Association (SIA) Peter Marquez, vice president of strategy and…
Space Foundation Helps Peterson Kids Learn How STEM Rocks!
Children at the STEM Rocks! event at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on Aug. 18 learned first hand – literally – from the Space Foundation how astronauts train to improve dexterity for conducting experiments and repairs in space. The Space Foundation demonstrated “glove boxes” that allowed children to try three different activities –…
Space Foundation Publishes Overview of DoD FY2013 Budget
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed its version of the FY 2013 Defense Appropriations bill. In response, the Space Foundation published an analysis of the space programs and the comparison/contrast with the House version of the bill. The document provides an overview of unclassified space-based and related programs requested in the Department of Defense (DoD)…
Congratulations Curiosity: Enjoy Your New Home!
The Space Foundation congratulates NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on the successful landing of the Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that…