Spotlight
CSU-P Grant Funds Space Foundation Courses
 Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-P) was awarded a $1.2 million grant as part of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program through the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund one Space Across the Curriculum course each summer for the next five years, as well as placing CSU-P and Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) students with the Space Foundation…
The Space Store is Certified Imagination Partner
 The Space Foundation welcomes The Space Store as its newest Certified Imagination Partner. Based in Englewood, Colo., The Space Store offers a wide variety of space-related products ranging from books to memorabilia to exclusive replica spacesuits, as well as Space Foundation merchandise including Space Shuttle posters and postcards. Found online at www.TheSpaceStore.com, The Space Store…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM at AMOS
 The Space Foundation inspired new generations of potential space leaders at the 12th Annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i, by hosting a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. In addition, Space Foundation Vice President – Washington Operations Brendan Curry was a featured…
Space Foundation Education Outreach Continues
 The Space Foundation continues to help educators integrate STEM education into their classrooms by providing professional development nationwide. Recent education outreach included science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professional development for teachers at The SEED School of Washington, D.C., featured in the documentary Waiting for Superman, and at Jefferson Middle School, in Washington, D.C. “Both schools were extremely excited to start…
Patriots’ Festival Booth Features Astronaut
 NASA astronaut Col. Michael T. Good, USAF (Retired), signed autographs at the Space Foundation booth and presented awards on Sept. 10 at the Chick-fil-A Patriots’ Festival and Ride for Heroes in Colorado Springs, Colo. Combining three bicycle rides with a free family event that remembered September 11, 2001, the Chick-fil-A Patriots’ Festival and Ride for…
Space Foundation Presents at IAC
The Space Foundation will have a prominent presence at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 3-7. At the invitation of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Innovative Partnerships Program Office, Space Foundation Director – Space Awareness Programs Kevin Cook is co-chairing the 22nd Symposium on Space Activity and Society and will deliver…
National Space Symposium Website Live
The website for the Space Foundation’s 28th National Space Symposium went live last week, signalling the opening of online registration for the premier gathering of the global space community. You can see full details about the 28th National Space Symposium, which will be held April 16-19, 2012, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., by…
Like Space? Volunteer!
 Volunteer opportunities abound at the Space Foundation, giving space fans an inside role in global space activities. Each spring hundreds of volunteers help the Space Foundation make its annual National Space Symposium the premier gathering of the global space community. Symposium volunteers have an opportunity to sit in on panels and speeches, tour the innovative exhibit center…
Space Foundation Updates Appropriations Information
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) bill, S. 1572, which includes funds for NASA and NOAA. The CJS bill would appropriate $17.9 billion in funding for NASA, which is $800 million less than the president requested for FY 2012. Still, that’s $1.1 billion…
Education Brochures Available
 Two new brochures are now available for educators describing Space Foundation education programs. Space Across the Curriculum The Space Across the Curriculum brochure describes the Space Foundation’s hands-on, professional development courses for PreK-12 educators. The classes, which will be offered next summer at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., and at Colorado State University-Pueblo, are customized for every…