Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Yuri's Night 2017: A Great Party for an Important Cause
Celebrate past heroes of space while supporting a future generation of space leaders at Space Foundation Yuri’s Night 2017. This fundraiser for STEM education will be held Sunday, April 2, at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. Yuri’s Night will feature the public opening of the refurbished Spacelab exhibit…
Space Foundation Launches CEO Search
The Space Foundation Board of Directors has begun a global search to fill the leadership position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will be based at Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., to lead a premier team of 50 professionals, providing advocacy and education services to the space industry, educators and students, government…
Space Foundation Donates More than 1000 lbs of Food to Local Food Bank
In December, the Space Foundation hosted two food drives supporting Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado. The first food drive encouraged visitors to the Discovery Center in Colorado Springs to bring in a nonperishable food item in exchange for $2 off admission. The second was a “friendly” in-office competition, which involved pitting department…
New Gen Spotlight: Inside the Space Foundation
This series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and mentors. To find…
Space Foundation Leverages Harris Corporation Grant for December STEM Education Program in Brevard County, Florida
A grant from Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) to the Space Foundation was used during December to further science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies in several Brevard County, Fla., schools. Space Foundation educators led hands-on STEM activities with students at Madison Middle School in Titusville on Dec. 7; Central Middle School in West Melbourne Dec. 8;…
ULA Partners with AFA and Space Foundation for StellarXplorers
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined forces with the Space Foundation and other, key sponsors to support the Air Force Association’s (AFA) StellarXplorers program. Each year, schools from across the U.S., and from overseas Department of Defense locations, participate in the space design competition. The teams compete in a series of challenges using Systems Tool…
Discovery Center Kicks off 2017 by Putting the “A” in STEAM
Interactive, educational fun for all ages is returning to the Space Foundation Discovery Center in 2017! Several events this month will focus on the use of art in space. The Space Foundation knows that the use of art in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) helps students apply necessary creative thinking and design skills…
Apply by Feb. 1 for the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Given annually by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation, the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award recognizes educators who have made significant contributions to technology in the education field, in both formal and informal environments. The award, named for Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard, will…
Space-related Activity in Washington, D.C.
by Charles A. Harris, Space Foundation Manager – Washington Operations On Dec. 5, the Space Foundation hosted a breakfast on Capitol Hill with featured speaker Winston Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, (pictured below). Beauchamp provided an update on Air Force space programs and took questions from congressional staffers and executives…
Symposium Panel to Feature 10 World Space Agency Leaders
The first panel presentation of the Space Foundation’s four-day 33rd Space Symposium will be a discussion of the most pressing global space issues by the world’s top space agency leaders. Confirmed leaders who will be joining the panel include: Mohammad Nasser Al Ahbabi, Ph.D., Director General, United Arab Emirates Space Agency Gwang-Rae Cho, Ph.D., President,…