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LightSquared Hearings Reveal Concerns
Significant concerns about LightSquared’s proposed open wireless broadband network that would operate near the frequency band used by the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) were discussed at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Sept. 8. GPS users and manufacturers have voiced concern that LightSquared’s network would harmfully interfere with the GPS…
Fascinating Images from the Internet
 The Internet offers great opportunities to learn about space. See these sites: Watch a Space Foundation interview on space technology to learn more about how space benefits you every day! (The video plays on the home page) Kepler finds a real-life Tatooine; click here. What’s the Sun up to? Click here. Travel around the Earth on…
NASA Hearing Calls for Vision
Saying that the U.S. space program “needs leadership with a compelling vision, and the strength of commitment,” or “bright young engineers about to enter [the U.S.] workforce will likely look to disciplines other than aerospace if faced with such a protracted development cycle,” Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) spoke at a House Science, Space, and Technology…
Kelly Shelton Joins the Space Foundation
 Kelly Shelton has joined the Space Foundation in the new position of development assistant, responsible for grant screening and research, donor relations, reporting and other development issues. Shelton most recently worked for the Girl Scouts of Colorado where she was responsible for fundraising events and a variety of administrative duties. She is a Texas native…
Joint Hearing Looks at JPSS
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on Sept. 23 to examine the polar weather satellite program. Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, said “every American is impacted by this [Joint Polar Satellite…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Member
New Space Foundation Patron Member Thuraya Telecommunications Company is a world-leading mobile satellite service provider of voice, data, maritime, rural telephony, fleet management and other telecommunication solutions in remote areas. With a home office in Abu Dhabi, Thuraya is providing mobile satellite communications to over 140 countries around the world and offers a congestion-free network,…
This is World Space Week
 Billed as the largest public space event on Earth and celebrated in more than 55 nations, World Space Week is held every October 4-10, dates chosen to recognize the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967. World Space Week was established by…
Honeywell Continues to Support Robotics
 Honeywell has provided additional funding for the Honeywell Mars Robotic Experience at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute (SFDI) in Colorado Springs, Colo. The donation provides robots and support funds for the SFDI Mars Yard laboratory, a simulated Martian terrain where students learn a wide variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles. Honeywell provided…
Space Foundation Sponsors SpaceVision 2011
The Space Foundation is one of the sponsors of SpaceVision 2011, the largest student-organized space conference in the nation, which will be held Oct. 27-30 in Boulder, Colo. The Space Foundation will host a booth and participate in the program; three Space Foundation executives will speak: Vice President – Education Iain Probert will conduct a STEM education…
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…