Space Foundation Press Releases
Space Across the Curriculum Helps Teachers Improve Students’ STEM Performance
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…
Truss Building Products is Newest Space Foundation Space Certification Program Partner
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…
Space Foundation Student Art Contest Winning Artwork Bounces Off the Moon
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.…
Northrop Grumman to Create Science Center at Space Foundation Headquarters
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…
Soviet Space Artifacts from Kansas Cosmosphere Loaned to Space Foundation
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…
Now on Sale, The Space Report 2012: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity Covers 2011 Space Performance; Provides Outlook for Future
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 5, 2012) — Published by the Space Foundation, The Space Report 2012: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity is the definitive annual overview of the global space industry and serves as a valuable resource for government and business leaders, educators, financial analysts, students and space-related businesses. The book details how the global…
Space Foundation's 2012 Report Reveals 12.2 Percent Global Space Industry Growth in 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 5, 2012) — The global space economy grew to $289.77 billion in 2011, reflecting a surprisingly robust single-year expansion of 12.2 percent and five-year growth of 41 percent* in a global economy that has been suppressed in many other sectors. The new global space economic numbers come from the Space Foundation’s…
Rocky Mountain PBS and Space Foundation Present: Superstars of Space and Science with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Colorado Springs, Colo.(April 4, 2012) – Join Rocky Mountain PBS and the Space Foundation for a remarkable opportunity to share the company of some of the world’s greatest scientific minds. This special joint fundraiser takes place on April 19 at the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium, to be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado…
Space Foundation Events to Commemorate 30th Anniversary of Air Force Space Command
Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 3, 2012) – The Space Foundation plans to conduct two special events to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the United States’ Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) – one in Colorado Springs, Colo., which is the headquarters city of both AFSPC and the Space Foundation, and one in Washington, D.C. The first…
Space Foundation Names Winners of 2012 Student Art Contest
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 2, 2012) — The Space Foundation has announced the winners of its 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest co-sponsored by ARES Corporation and Fisher Space Pen Co. The 36 winners came from seven U.S. states and the country of Pakistan. The Space Foundation invited students from around the world in pre-kindergarten…