Spotlight
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…
What's Space Got to Do With It?
Most people don’t have a clue about how much of their daily lives are improved by space innovations… stuff that was originally developed to complete space missions, safely launch rockets, keep astronauts healthy, make routine tasks possible in microgravity, conduct complex experiments … now used to make us safer, healthier, more comfortable and more efficient.…
Space Foundation Headed for AMOS Conference
The Space Foundation is emphasizing the future of space with programs at the 12th Annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. In addition, Space Foundation Vice President — Washington Operations Brendan Curry is on the…
Student Art Contest to Launch Soon
Watch the Space Foundation website – www.SpaceFoundation.org – for an announcement later this month with details of how to enter the Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The theme for 2012 is Space is Infinite – Explore! Here are some basic details; full details will be available Sept. 12: The contest is open to students in…
Astronaut Good Joins Heroes at Festival
The Space Foundation will bring a true American hero to the Chick-fil-A Patriots’ Festival and Ride for Heroes to be held at Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado Springs on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Space Foundation is a sponsor of the event and has arranged for NASA Astronaut Col. Michael T. Good, USAF (Retired), to sign…
Psoria‐Shield™ Launches Psoria‐Light™
Psoria‐Shield™ Inc., has launched sales for its flagship medical device, the deep UV LED targeted phototherapy device for treating psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo and other UV‐treatable skin disorders. Recognized by the Space Foundation as a Certified Space Technology™, the Psoria‐Light™ patent‐pending innovation uses advanced deep UV LED technology originally developed for NASA, the European Space Agency…
Space Foundation Honoree Gets JPL Slot
Space Technology Hall of Fame® inductee Firouz M. Naderi has been named director for solar system exploration for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. Naderi, who was previously JPL’s associate director for project formulation and strategy, was honored by the Space Foundation in 1997 as one of the innovators for advanced communications technologies…
Eagle Eyes Sponsors Beautiful Eyes Contest
Space Certification Corporate Patron Partner and 2010 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductee Eagle Eyes Optics® is one of the sponsors of Prevent Blindness America’s Most Beautiful Eyes Contest, which gives children across the United States the chance to become the face of the Star Pupils program in 2012 and win a $25,000 scholarship. Parents of…
Space Certification Partner Selected for Showcase
Space Foundation Space CertificationTM Partner Psoria-ShieldTM has been selected by Space Florida and the (Florida) Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) to present at the I2 (Igniting Innovation) Capital Acceleration Showcase Sept. 7 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tampa-based Psoria-ShieldTM is one of only 10 companies chosen from among 62 Florida technology firms that applied to…