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Space Art is Coming; Truly is Speaking
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center will present NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration, Dec. 19 – March 7, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. In addition to 73 works of art, including paintings, drawings,…
Plan to Attend the 26th National Space Symposium
The 26th National Space Symposium is where it all comes together – and where it all happens. Every sector of the space industry . . . Decision- makers . . . Policy-makers . . . Deal-makers . . . will all be there, ready to share their perspectives and ready to get down to business.…
Space Command Leader is Featured Speaker
As a featured speaker at the 26th National Space Symposium, Gen. C. Robert Kehler, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command, will bring his perspectives on national security, cyberspace, and issues confronting the U.S. Space Command. Gen. Kehler is responsible for organizing, equipping, training and maintaining mission-ready space, cyberspace and missile forces and capabilities for North…
Nimoy Stars at Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner
To the delight of generations of Star Trek fans, the Space Foundation has chosen Leonard Nimoy to inspire the audience at the 2010 Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner April 15. The dinner is the capstone event of the 26th National Space Symposium, which runs April12-15 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. “Leonard…
Three Decades of NRO Leadership to Speak
Following a National Space Symposium tradition, the 26th edition of the premier gathering of the global space community will feature a panel comprising former leaders of a major space organization. The agenda for the 26th National Space Symposium includes three decades of directors of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an agency in the Department of…
Toffler Paper: New Innovators; Same Old Problems
In June, Space Foundation partner Toffler Associates held a meeting in conjunction with the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York where leaders from the public and private sectors discussed the future of the space industry. Toffler Associates combined input from this group with its own observations, research, and experience plus data from The Space Report…
Giant Ring Discovered Around Saturn
This artist’s conception depicts a massive, yet nearly invisible, ring around Saturn, recently discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. It is made up of ice and dust particles and is the largest of Saturn’s many rings. According to NASA, it would take one billion Earths stacked together to fill the ring. Announced Oct. 7 by…
Articles Outline Chinese Space Program
AVIATION WEEK has published two articles on the Chinese space program and details of the historic Space Foundation delegation visit to China’s manned spaceflight facilities and its meetings with leaders of China’s human spaceflight program. An article by delegation member Frank Morring, Jr., published Oct. 9 gives a rare look at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
The Space Report: Space Offers Lucrative Jobs
According to The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, America’s space industry is widely dispersed, with 40 states and the District of Columbia reporting employment in at least one of the six core space industry segments. Space industry wages were highest in Washington, D.C., with an annual average of $113,738, compared…
Strategic Space Symposium Attracts a Crowd
The Strategic Space Symposium is attracting more than 1,800 people to the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2-4, with a program that covers a broad range of space issues from the warfighter’s perspective. An impressive group of speakers from the military, Department of Defense, U.S. and allied government, and industry are speaking on a variety of topics, including space…