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Register now for Cyber 1.1
Space and cyberspace will intersect at the Space Foundation national conference, Cyber 1.1, to be held Monday, April 11, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. This full-day conference takes place immediately before the official opening of the 27th National Space Symposium. Similar to last year’s Cyber 1.0 conference, but with updated information, Cyber…
Space Achievement Awards for Two Companies
The Space Foundation has chosen two companies to receive 2011 Space Achievement Awards, in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments in space. SpaceX is being lauded for becoming the first commercial company to re-enter a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, and Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is being recognized for its unique use of space to aid communications…
Three Journalists to Share Morrow Award
Three journalists who have shaped the way the nation views and understands space have been selected to receive the Space Foundation’s 2011 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, to be presented at the 27th National Space Symposium, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 11. The recipients are: Jay Barbree, NBC News Marcia…
Hall of Fame Inductee Featured at Museum
A technology developed by NASA to regulate extreme temperatures that is now used to keep seasonal candy cool in the steamy south Georgia summer and fall in is part of a recently opened exhibit at the Thronateeska Heritage Center in Albany Georgia. The Heat Pipe Technology display in the newly completed Air & Space Exhibit…
Gen. James Cartwright is Featured Speaker
Gen. James Cartwright, USMC, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s second-highest-ranking military officer, will speak at the 27th National Space Symposium. He joins a slate of high-level industry, military, civil space and academic speakers at the premier gathering of space professionals, which will be held April 11-14 at The…
Katase Will Represent Japanese Space Program
The Japanese space program will be represented at the 27th National Space Symposium by featured speaker Hirofumi Katase, deputy secretary-general for the Cabinet Secretariat, Secretariat Headquarters for Space Policy, Government of Japan. The 27th National Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Online registration and more information, including agenda, speakers…
Co-Sponsors Provide Support, Receive Exposure
The Space Foundation appreciates the companies that provide support by co-sponsoring major events at the National Space Symposium. “These companies have recognized that co-sponsoring Symposium events is an easy and cost-effective ways to strengthen their name recognition, increase brand awareness and gain enhanced visibility among the expected 9,000-plus participants at the 27th National Space Symposium,”…
Government Buys Commercial is Symposium Panel
Of special interest to the commercial aerospace industry will be a panel discussion on the last day of the 27th National Space Symposium – “The Government Buys Commercial.” Moderated by Paul L. Graziani, chief executive officer and founder of Analytical Graphics Inc., (AGI), panel members include: Charles S. Baker, acting director, Office of Space Commercialization,…
Space Foundation Adds Board Members
Several changes were made to the Space Foundation’s Board of Directors at the organization’s annual meeting in January as three new members were added and two retired. The new board members are: Gary W. Ervin, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems; James Maser, president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne; Kay Sears, president of…
Space Foundation Designated an Enterprise Zone
As part of the planned move to a new headquarters facility in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation has been designated as an El Paso County (Colo.) Enterprise Zone project. This means that contributions of $250 to $100,000 made to the Space Foundation are now eligible for a 25 percent Colorado state tax credit and that…