Space Foundation Press Releases

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 13, 2012) — A grant was recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Education enabling the Space Foundation to help teachers across Colorado strengthen their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through programs at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo. Adams State University received the Title III grant to…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 11, 2012) — Prepare now for summer fun and let space help you locate the beer! The 6th Edition Beer Drinker’s Guide to Colorado, published by Motion Pixel Lab, Inc., and recognized by the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation’s Space Certification™ program as a Certified Imagination Product, is available now. The 27″ X…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 30, 2012) — The Space Foundation has awarded a new scholarship to Mimi Bull, a first grade teacher at The Classical Academy (TCA) Central Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Anna and Kathryn Probert Educator Enrichment Scholarship will enable Bull to attend the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum course Earth…

An English teacher with an interest in science and science fiction has been named the recipient of the 2012 Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. M. Thomas Gammarino, Ph.D., teaches at Punahou Academy in Honolulu, and will use the scholarship to attend one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2012) – Donnika Jones, a teacher with Pinellas County Schools, has been awarded the 2012 Space Foundation Dr. Catherine Pedretty Space Scholarship for Teachers. The scholarship will pay expenses for Jones to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer and participate in one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 16, 2012) — Educators who want to improve their classroom skills, better motivate their students and – potentially – earn a master’s degree may sign up now for Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses. These intensive week-long graduate-level courses for pre-k – 12 educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 14, 2012) — The Space Foundation announces that Truss Building Products is now a Space Certification Program Partner, and its LeafLock™ products, including the LeafLock™ Gutter System, have been authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology™ seal. Karl Gramling, president and CEO of Truss LLC, SnapLock Gutter System® and the LeafLock…

Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 8, 2012) – The Space Foundation’s annual Student Art Contest winners are developing a reputation for actual space travel. Digital versions of last year’s winners are all permanently in residence on the International Space Station. Two of this year’s winners have traveled an additional 277,000 miles to the Moon and back.…

Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 20, 2012) – Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) is donating $375,000 to create a science center and teaching lab at the Space Foundation’s Colorado Springs world headquarters. To be known as the Northrop Grumman Science Center, the facility will include a Science On a Sphere® laboratory and a teaching facility that will…

First Public Exhibit at Space Foundation Visitors Center to  Debut Aug.1 Colorado Springs, Colo.  (April 18, 2012) – The Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center is loaning a collection of 1970s-era Soviet space artifacts to the Space Foundation for exhibit at its world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., as part of the initial public exhibition for…