Space Foundation News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 4, 2009) — It all started with an e-mail. Liz Dalzell doesn’t remember the details, or how the e-mail found its way to her, but it led her to enroll in her first Space Foundation Space Discovery Institute rocketry class in 2007. She liked it so much she enrolled in more…

Eagle Shield High Performance Radiant Barrier Reflective Insulation Cuts Energy Costs Long-time Space Certification Program partner Eagle Shield Industries has begun marketing its patented High Performance Radiant Barrier Reflective InsulationTM.This new product blocks radiant heat transfer across open spaces to dramatically reduce the amount of heat buildings lose in the winter and gain in the summer, thus extending…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 31, 2009) — The Strategic Space Symposium, set for 2-4 Nov., 2009, in Omaha, Neb., will offer space and defense professionals an unparalleled opportunity for education, interactive discussion, and exposure to the latest space operations technologies. Co-sponsored by the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the Space Foundation, the event is…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 28, 2009) — Dr. Peter Wegner, director of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., addressed an audience of 62 government and industry leaders and Congressional members and their staffs at a Space Power Lecture Breakfast today in Washington, D.C. The breakfast was jointly sponsored by the…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 24, 2009) — The Space Foundation’s Space Discovery Institute classes wrapped up this week in Colorado Springs with a last day rocket launch at Manitou Springs High School. The rocketry class spent the week studying aerodynamics and design and then applying what they learned to building model rockets. On Thursday they…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 21, 2009) — Three Space Foundation Space Discovery Institute classes paused briefly yesterday to celebrate the accomplishments of the Apollo 11 mission, which put the first man on the Moon 40 years ago yesterday. The events were part of the Space Foundation’s recognition of the historic event, which also included posting…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 17, 2009) — PHOTO BY CARRIE RUSSELL Space “is the bedrock of America’s economic and strategic power,” but the U.S. government needs to improve the acquisition of space systems in order to maximize the benefits of space investment. This was part of the feedback Space Foundation Board member Patti Grace Smith…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 15, 2009) — Since July 6, the Space Foundation has been posting recollections of the Apollo 11 mission with emphasis on where we were during the historic moon walk. The stories come from around the world, from average citizens, space enthusiasts, politicians, and aerospace leaders. To read them, day by day,…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 14, 2009) — Jim Maser, president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), speaking this morning at a Space Foundation Correspondents Group breakfast in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs a long-term vision for space to allow industry to better align human resources and research and development dollars with government plans.…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 30, 2009) — Teachers in the Space Foundation’s Space Discovery Institute have been studying a variety of subjects this summer including extremophile organisms, those that thrive in extreme conditions. Their study included field trips to Cave of the Winds and Fountain Creek, both in Manitou Springs, Colo. At Fountain Creek the…