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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Bruce Carlson, will be a featured speaker at the 28th National Space Symposium, to be held April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Presented by the Space Foundation, the 28th National Space Symposium brings together all sectors of space to highlight accomplishments and address opportunities and issues…

Space and cyberspace will intersect at the Space Foundation national conference, Cyber 1.2, to be held Monday, April 16, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Like the 2011 Cyber 1.1 conference, Cyber 1.2 will focus on senior leadership views on Department of Defense and industry cyber activities, with emphasis on hot button issues, human…

For the first time at a National Space Symposium, Letitia A. Long, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,has joined the growing roster of high-level industry, military, civil space and academic speakers at the premier gathering of space professionals, the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium, which is set for April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel…

The Space Foundation has recognized Sputnik’s Child, a novel by Bentley University professor Fred Ledley, as a Certified Space Imagination ProductTM, and Ledley has pledged to donate profits from the sale of the book to support Space Foundation education programs. The novel, which was released this month, recalls the events that shaped the ideas and…

Young artists with an interest in space have a rare opportunity to be part of the global space community by entering the 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The Space Foundation invites students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, or equivalent, throughout the world to enter original artwork depicting the theme “Space is Infinite – Explore!” for an…

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), have tracked Santa along his yuletide journey. And, since 2007, NORAD Tracks Santa has been a Space Foundation Certified Imagination PartnerTM. It all began on Christmas Eve back in 1955 after a Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement directed children to…

You may be aware of the important role that space products and services play in your daily life, providing weather information, communications, entertainment and a host of capabilities. But did you also know that space technology is improving the way that other products are created? The following three technologies are making valuable contributions to the…

The 2011 Space Foundation holiday card features a beautiful vision of the cosmos created by one of the winners of the 2011 Space Foundation Student Art Contest. Joann Wong of  Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs, Colo., was 2nd place winner in the grade 9-12 multimedia category. Her work, embellished with the word “peace,” is also featured in…

Two Space Foundation representatives, Director – Space Awareness Kevin Cook and Director – Research & Analysis Micah Walter-Range were on the agenda at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, last month. In addition, Walter-Range participated in the Space Generation Congress (SGC), a three-day pre-conference event geared toward young space professionals…

 Three Space Foundation executives were on the agenda at last month’s SpaceVision 2011 conference in Boulder, Colo., speaking on topics as diverse as education, space policy and building public awareness of the benefits of space. Participating on panels at the largest student-organized space conference in the nation were: Vice President – Education Iain Probert, who…