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 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…

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…

The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA are discussing potentially combining parts of ESA’s existing Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space station freighter with NASA’s U.S. Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) for human voyages into deep space. According to Spaceflight Now, the ATV’s service module could be attached to the MPCV, or Orion, capsule for crewed expeditions…

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.…

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…

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…

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™ 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 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…

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…