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Space Certification Partner Psoria-Shield™ Launches Product
Psoria‐Shield™ Inc., has launched sales for its flagship medical device, the Psoria‐Light™ deep UV LED targeted phototherapy device for treating psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo and other UV‐treatable skin disorders. Recognized by the Space Foundation as a Certified Space Technology™, the Psoria‐Light™ patent‐pending innovation uses advanced deep UV LED technology originally developed for NASA, the European Space…
Eagle Eyes Optics Sponsors Most Beautiful Eyes Contest
Space Certification Corporate Patron Partner and 2010 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductee Eagle Eyes Optics® is one of the sponsors of Prevent Blindness America’s Most Beautiful Eyes Contest, which gives children across the United States the chance to become the face of the Star Pupils program in 2012 and win a $25,000 scholarship. Parents of…
Shades of Blue Students Learn Robotics at the Space Foundation Mars Yard
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 4, 2011) — The Mars Yard at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs is getting plenty of use this summer, most recently this week when young student members of Shades of Blue visited. The Space Foundation provided an afternoon of robotics and rocketry for the students, who ranged in age…
Space Certification Partner Selected for Showcase
Space Foundation Space CertificationTM Partner Psoria-ShieldTM has been selected by Space Florida and the (Florida) Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) to present at the I2 (Igniting Innovation) Capital Acceleration Showcase Sept. 7 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tampa-based Psoria-ShieldTM is one of only 10 companies chosen from among 62 Florida technology firms that applied to…
Oil Spills Not Too Slippery for Space Technology
With Florida and Texas soaking in the disastrous BP oil spill, Space Certification Program partner and 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductee UniRemInc offered to demonstrate how its unique Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP) could help clean up the despoiling oil. There were no takers. Now Montana is suffering with the Yellowstone River Exxon oil spill and UniRemInc President Ray Tarasi offered to…
Space Foundation Issues White Paper in Favor of Continued Funding of the James Webb Space Telescope
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 27, 2011) — The newly released Space Foundation white paper “The James Webb Space Telescope: A Worthy Investment in Space Science – July 2011” provides a concise and compelling argument for fully funding the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the level requested in the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. It…
Space Foundation and Charles County (Md.) Public Schools Host Chirag Parikh
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 26, 2011) — On July 26, the Space Foundation co-hosted a luncheon with Charles County (Md.) Public Schools featuring guest speaker Chirag Parikh, Director of Space Policy for the White House National Security Council. The luncheon was held at North Point High School in Charles County and the more than 100…
Colorado Lt. Gov. Garcia Visits Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 20, 2011) — Colorado Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia visited the new headquarters of the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs on July 20, and also toured the Space Foundation Discovery Institute where he praised the work the Space Foundation has done to help teachers excite students’ interest in science, technology, education and…
Space Foundation Helps Teachers in Charles County Md. Teach STEM Lessons to Very Young Children
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 20, 2011) — Early childhood educators from Charles County (Md.) Public Schools are learning lessons to help very young children grasp the basic principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In this week’s Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum course, “PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration,” teachers in the class are learning to…
Space Across the Curriculum Course Examines Space Technology
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 18, 2011) — The Space Across the Curriculum space technology class started on Monday with 26 teachers attending from schools in six states. The teachers are learning hands-on space-themed lessons, adaptable for various grade levels and immediately transferable to the classroom to inspire student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics…