Space Foundation Press Releases

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Apr. 11, 2010) — The Space Foundation has added a live link to President Barack Obama’s scheduled April 15 address on space policy and a follow-on analysis and discussion to the agenda of the 26th National Space Symposium, which kicks off this Monday at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Apr. 10, 2010) — China has amazed the global space community with its rapid advancement as a space leader, becoming only the third nation with capability to independently put a human into space. Two representatives of China’s human spaceflight program will be featured at the 26th National Space Symposium, which starts Monday…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Apr. 5, 2010) — The 26th National Space Symposium kicks off next Monday at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, bringing with it some special surprises in addition to the extraordinary networking opportunities, the almost 100 top-level speakers, and the wide range of topical space issues on the agenda. CygnusTM Spacecraft The…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 1, 2010) — Through its Space Certification and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, the Space Foundation recognizes space-based technologies and innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Outlast Technologies, a Space Foundation Certified Partner and the leader in temperature- regulating technology, announces Wigwam has extended its range of Outlast temperature-regulating socks…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 1, 2010) — The Space Foundation’s Space Certification program has a new website. Go to www.spaceconnection.org to find out about the program, to see descriptions of Cerified Products, and to apply for Space Certification if your company offers a product that was originally developed for space, was improved by space utilization, or is…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 29, 2010) — The most spectacular repair call in the history of mankind will be honored by the Space Foundation with the 2010 Space Achievement Award at the 26th National Space Symposium next month at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The historic Hubble Space Telescope Repair Mission, conducted by…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 24, 2010) — As the space industry becomes more international and more diversified, it reaches into more segments of the economy and has more impact on the overall information infrastructure and financial climate. A high-level panel of space leaders and economic experts will address this natural outcome of an evolving business…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 22, 2010) — Eleven students representing eleven different nations are spending two weeks in Colorado Springs working on one of the rarest college degrees you can get: an Executive Master of Business Administration focused on the space industry. Offered by the International Space University (ISU), based in Strasbourg, France, the new…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 19, 2010) — Lt. Gen. John T. Sheridan, USAF, commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, will be a featured speaker at the 26th National Space Symposium next month in Colorado Springs. Sheridan is confirmed to speak on Thursday, April 15, the last day of the Symposium, which…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 18, 2010) — Perhaps the most worrisome aspect of the increasing utilization – and globalization – of space is a simple question: “what’s up there?” The Critical Issues – Space Situational Awareness & Space Debris panel at the 26th National Space Symposium will examine two different, but related, issues: the challenge…