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The Space Foundation Board of Directors has selected The Honorable Peter B. Teets for the Foundation’s highest honor – the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The award will be presented at a special luncheon event on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, during the 25th National Space Symposium. A former Under Secretary of the…

As we count down for launch of The Next Space Age at the 25th National Space Symposium, the Space Foundation has unveiled a new and improved Web site for the event’s silver anniversary. The comprehensive site at www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org serves as a user-friendly portal for all event-related information, including smoother online registration, exhibit list and map,…

Popular music group Mannheim Steamroller, best known for modern contemporary interpretations of Yuletide favorites, donated one million holiday music CDs to our armed forces and their families, military bases and community organizations, hospitals, and other support facilities as a way of showing gratitude for their efforts and sacrifices. According to Mannheim Steamroller founder, “Chip” Davis,…

The Space Foundation recently announced the “The Next Space Age” as the theme for the 25th National Space Symposium. Celebrating its silver anniversary, the National Space Symposium is the premier annual gathering of the global space community. The event will take place March 30 – April 2 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo.…

The Space Foundation announced that it will conduct the second annual Space Business Forum: New York on June 4, 2009, at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City. This Space Foundation event was created to allow financial analysts, investment bankers, institutional advisors, venture capitalists, insurers, and others from the financial community to engage…

Mark your calendars for these events! 25th National Space Symposium, March 30 – April 2, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo. www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org Space Business Forum: New York, June 4, 2009, New York, N.Y.  www.SpaceBusinessForum.com Strategic Space and Defense 2009, Oct. 6-8, 2009, in Omaha, Neb. www.StratSpace.org This article is part of Space Watch: December 2008 (Volume:…

Space Foundation announces the 2009 Space Technology Hall of Fame panel of judges The Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA, established the Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 1988 to increase public awareness of the benefits resulting from space exploration programs and to encourage further innovation. Nominations for the Space Technology Hall of Fame are…

The Space Foundation recently shared its education mission across the nation in two very unique ways. The first was at the Suburban School Superintendents’ conference at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Members of the organization represented 100 influential school districts in the United States. The Suburban School Superintendents’ group meets annually so superintendents…

The Space Foundation is pleased to welcome SPACEHAB as a returning Corporate Partner. SPACEHAB is a commercial and entrepreneurial force in the space industry providing a full spectrum of products and services to both the government and private sectors. The company offers spacecraft pre-launch processing facilities and services, production of valuable commercial products in space,…

On Nov. 18, the Space Foundation hosted a Space Foundation Correspondents Group featuring Congressman C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, United States House of Representatives who sits on the Appropriations Committee and the House Select Committee on Intelligence.  Ruppersberger announced the results of a new satellite report he led as chairman of the Technical and Tactical Intelligence Subcommittee. …