Space Foundation Press Releases
Experts to Discuss Impact of Big Data on the Future of Space at 33rd Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 23, 2017) – The Space Foundation is bringing together investors and experts from the microsat, launch and data science communities to discuss “Big Data and the Future of Space,” at the 33rd Space Symposium, to be held April 3-6 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. The discussion will be moderated…
Winners Announced for Space Foundation’s Seventh Annual International Student Art Contest
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2017) – For the Space Foundation’s seventh annual International Student Art Contest, 3,099 entries were submitted from 50 countries and 31 U.S. states by students ages 3 through 18 years. Of those, 25 winners from seven countries were selected, with one entry chosen for the top Space Foundation Achievement Award.…
Boeing Exhibit Center and Pavilion Has Sold Out for Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 11, 2017) – The Boeing Exhibit Center and Pavilion has sold out months in advance of the Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium, to be held April 3 – 6, 2017, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. This is the earliest in the Symposium’s 33-year history that the exhibit center has…
U.S. Senior Military Leadership to Discuss National Security at 33rd Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 10, 2017) – Important insight into national defense will be shared at the 33rd Space Symposium by senior U.S. military leadership, including featured speakers: Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space; Director Principal Department of Defense Space Advisor Staff, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David J.…
Saber Astronautics Gains Space Certification from the Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 19, 2016) – Leading space venture Saber Astronautics (saberastro.com) has received Certified Space Technology™ status from the Space Foundation for its innovative operations software. The software, called the Predictive Ground Station Project (a.k.a., “PIGI”), uses video game technology to enable people to create their own missions and operate large numbers of…
Space Foundation Board Selects Piers Sellers to Receive the 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2016) – Each spring, during its Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation confers its highest honor — the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The 2017 honoree is Piers Sellers, Ph.D., OBE, British-born former NASA astronaut and climate scientist currently serving as Deputy Director, Sciences &…
Symposium Panel Highlights Space in Australia
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 12, 2016) – For 2017, the Space Foundation will again offer Country in Focus panels at its 33rd Space Symposium, including a panel discussion on Space in Australia. Moderated by Brett Biddington AM, Principal, Biddington Research Pty Ltd, Chief Executive, IAC Adelaide, the panelists will include: David Ball, Executive Consultant, Envista…
Space Foundation Comments on Passing of Mercury Seven Astronaut John Glenn
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 8, 2016) – The Space Foundation today commented on the death of Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC (Ret.), 95, the last of the Mercury Seven astronauts, military test pilots selected by NASA in 1959 to become America’s first astronauts. “U.S. success in space was built on the courage and determination…
Elżbieta Bieńkowska and Gen. David L. Goldfein, USAF Chief of Staff, to Speak at 33rd Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 7, 2016) – The Space Foundation announces two important additions to the Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium, featured speakers Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner, European Commission, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, USAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force. Other notable recent speaker confirmations include: Lt. Gen. David J. Buck, USAF, Commander, 14th Air…
Space Foundation Launches CEO Search
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2016) – The Space Foundation Board of Directors has begun a global search to fill the position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will be based at Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., to lead a premier team of 50 professionals providing advocacy and education services to the…