Space Foundation News & Media
Nominate Now for Space Technology Hall of Fame®
Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, is the deadline to submit nominations for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2019.
Space Foundation is EnVision Center National STEM Education Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 7, 2018) – This morning, Secretary Ben Carson and Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Thomas E. Zelibor participated in a ceremony at Life Remodeled in Detroit, Mich., to debut the EnVision Center Demonstration, a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development initiative to help HUD-assisted households “climb the ladder of opportunity.”…
Help Girls Soar to the Stars
By supporting the work of the Petit Family Foundation and the Space Foundation you can help girls and young women acquire the STEM education and skills they will need to compete for 21st Century jobs. The Space Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that annually serves more than 46,000 students with in-person and virtual STEM education…
First Engine Assembled for DARPA and Boeing Reusable Experimental Spaceplane
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (June 4, 2018) — Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed assembly of its first AR-22 rocket engine built for Boeing (NYSE:BA) as part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane program. This new Boeing spaceplane, called Phantom Express, is intended to demonstrate a new paradigm for more routine, responsive…
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