Space Foundation News & Media
NORAD Tracks Santa for 61st Year Thanks to GPS
by Colleen Parith, Coordinator – Social Media & Public Relations It all began 61 years ago on Christmas Eve, right here in Colorado Springs, when a young child called a hotline promising to disclose the location of Santa Claus as he made his yearly journey around the world. The hotline number had been misprinted, and…
Taking Space in the Community to Maryland
Three members of the Space Foundation Education Team took its Space in the Community STEM education program to Charles County Public Schools in Maryland in November. The Space Foundation has a long-standing relationship with the schools in Charles County, and was able to work with students across the county from 3rd grade on up to…
SmallSat Symposium to be Held in February in Silicon Valley
Registration has begun for the 2017 SmallSat Symposium, to be held Feb 6-8, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Participants in the Symposium will include manufacturers, system operators, launch providers, investors and representatives of financial institutions. Questions to be addressed include: How to market and price a small satellite service What will…
Space Foundation Receives More Than 3,000 Artwork Submissions
The 7th Annual Space Foundation International Student Art Contest came to a close Nov. 15, with a total of 3,099 entries from 50 countries, and 31 states in the United States. Now that the contest has closed for entries, the artwork has transitioned into the three-stage judging process to narrow the entries down to 25…
Featured Speakers Announced for Classified Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
In response to demand for a classified space conference in the metro Washington, D.C., area, the Space Foundation will again offer the Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, to be held on Feb. 15, at SAIC in Chantilly, Va. Early confirmed speakers for the Faga Forum 2017 include: Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the…
New Gen Spotlight: Aerospace Songbirds
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…
2016: A Year in Review
It’s been an exciting year for the global space industry. Let’s take a look at some amazing 2016 space moments! March 1: The Launch of ExoMars. A joint ESA-Roscosmos mission to Mars, ExoMars left the Earth at 9:31 UTC on March 1, 2016, from Baikonur Kazakhstan. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli took a…
Gen. William Shelton Elected Space Foundation Vice Chairman
The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation held its annual meeting on Nov. 10, and Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF (Ret.), was elected to a one-year term as Vice Chairman of the Board. Shelton is former Commander, Air Force Space Command. ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.), will continue as Chairman of the…
From the Tall to the Small – We all Need Space
From the small to the tall, space technology benefits all of us on Earth. Jockey Willie Shoemaker and NBA player Kareem Abdul Jabbar explain in this short PSA from the 1980s that what we learn up there in space, helps us all down here. In the early 1980s, the Space Foundation teamed up with the…
Educators: Gain Recognition for Your Contributions to Technology in Education
Educators who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) may apply now to receive the 2017 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 award recognizes contributors to technology…