Space Foundation News & Media
Suit Up as Summer Programming Starts at the Space Foundation Discovery Center this Saturday, June 9
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 4, 2018) — Experts say to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, leading the Space Foundation to invite the public to “Suit Up!” Beginning this Saturday, June 9, the Space Foundation Discovery Center will kick off summer with a nine-week Summer of Discovery theme: Suit Up!…
Space Division Inc. (SDI) is announcing the launch of their new office products line made from upcycled space industry carbon fiber
GARDENA, Cali. (May 31, 2018) Space Division Inc. (SDI) is announcing the launch of their new office products line made from upcycled space industry carbon fiber. The new line is headlined by the “Booster,” an electric, sit-stand, desktop converter. SDI products are manufactured using carbon fiber trim scrap captured from the waste stream of commercial space craft…
Space Division Inc. Receives Space Certification from the Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 31, 2018) — Space Division Inc. (SDI) has received Certified Space Technology™ status from the Space Foundation for its new office products line made from upcycled space industry carbon fiber. The new line is headlined by the “Booster,” an electric, sit-stand desktop converter. SDI products are manufactured using carbon fiber trim…
How Space Technology Improves Your Life
At the Space Foundation, a key focus of What We Do is support and celebrate space technology, developed for use in space but adapted to serve many practical benefits here on Earth. While we would like to think this is common knowledge, we’re not quite there.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters Help Deliver Cygnus to International Space Station
REDMOND, Wash. (May 24, 2018) — Maneuvering thrusters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne guided Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to its ninth successful berthing to the International Space Station May 24. The Cygnus arrived three days after being launched aboard an Orbital ATK Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. Each Cygnus…
Petit Family Foundation and Space Foundation to Host Free Girls STEM Experience in Hartford, Connecticut
Introducing young people to exciting career opportunities in STEM fields helps ignite their interest in studying those subjects in school
Launch Your Future Explorers, Scientists and Engineers into a Memorable Summer Adventure at the Space Foundation Discovery Center
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 15, 2018) The Space Foundation Discovery Center is bringing back its summer Explore Space Experience for children ages seven through 12. Explore Space Experience is designed and led by certified master teachers to offer a variety of hands-on, immersive activities and experiences based on space and science, technology, engineering, art and math…
Space Foundation Marketing Team Wins Silver Key Award
As soon as the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium wraps up each spring, our in-house marketing team begins work on design to promote the next year’s Symposium. Those efforts were recently rewarded when the marketing team was named recipient of the prestigious Silver Key Award for Small Trade Show Campaign, recognizing work for its 34th…
Space Foundation is Now Accepting Nominations for Space Technology Hall of Fame®
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 14, 2018) — The Space Foundation is seeking nominations for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2019. This international program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that improve life on Earth.
Senator Cory Gardner Meets with Space Foundation Leadership
U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) toured the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs this week with his family and met with Space Foundation leadership.