Space Foundation News & Media
Virtual Field Trip-Seoul, StellarXplorers, Community Events and Raspberry Pi
The Space Foundation delivers its STEM and STEAM education outreach programs at its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, through in-person school visits across the U.S. and virtually to schools around the world. One of the education highlights during April was a Virtual Field Trip for the Dwight School in Seoul, South Korea. This is the…
33rd Space Symposium News Coverage Spans the Globe
Each year, the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium attracts reporters from around the world to cover the Symposium’s speakers, panels and presentations. International participation at the Symposium this year brought more international media than previous years. Below are a few examples of global space reporting from the 33rd Space Symposium. Gain insight into the fascinating life…
Nominate Now for Space Technology Hall of Fame Induction
At the 33rd Space Symposium, the Space Foundation celebrated the 30th year of its Space Technology Hall of Fame®, a program that increases public awareness of the benefits of space exploration. The Space Technology Hall of Fame encourages innovation by recognizing individuals, organizations and companies that effectively adapt and market technologies originally developed for space…
Celebrating 30 Years of Innovation at the 2017 Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner
The Spirit of Exploration was the theme of this year’s Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner, celebrating 30 years of the program. Featured speaker for the evening was humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, skillfully portraying Thomas Jefferson, visionary, statesman and student of the Enlightenment. He spoke in a fireside talk style, while interviewed by leading political…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Guides Cassini on its Grand Finale at Saturn
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 27, 2017) – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft began the first in a series of dives through the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its rings on April 26 with the help of onboard bipropellant and monopropellant thrusters made by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). Over the next…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Qualification Tests on Reusable Engine to Support Next Era of Human Spaceflight from the United States
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 20, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has successfully completed hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system. The tests were conducted on Aerojet Rocketdyne’s MR-104J hydrazine…
Space Foundation Again Named Among 50 Best Nonprofit Organizations to Work For
Ranked 9th for Medium-sized Organizations and 16th Overall COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 13, 2017) – For the fourth time, the Space Foundation has been designated by The NonProfit Times and Best Companies Group as among the 50 Best Nonprofit Organizations to Work For in the United States, ranking 9th among medium-sized nonprofit organizations and ranked…
US Spacecraft Named After Indian Mission Specialist
‘S.S. Kalpana Chawla’ will be the name of the next Cygnus capsule manufactured by Northrop Grumman, a global company that specializes in defense technology and aerospace in the US. The company will be naming its brand new capsule in loving memory of India-born Kalpana Chawla, the brave mission specialist who lost her life onboard the…
Space Foundation Selects Chief Executive Officer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 30, 2017) – The Space Foundation announced today that Thomas E. “Tom” Zelibor, retired Rear Admiral, USN, has been selected as its Chief Executive Officer, effective April 30, 2017. Space Foundation Board of Directors Chairman James O. Ellis, Jr. said, “The Space Foundation team is very pleased to have Tom join…
Teaching 3D Printing for Fun and Future Job Skills
by Elias Molen, Space Foundation Manager – Space Education Thanks to a grant from the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, the Space Foundation was recently able to present a teacher professional development course on 3D printing, attended by teachers from the Colorado Springs and Pueblo areas. The teachers learned that while the 3D printing process is…