Space Foundation News & Media
Recent Space-related Activity on the Hill
by Charles A. Harris, Space Foundation Manager – Washington Operations Congress returned from August recess on Sept. 6, following the Labor Day weekend. The House Space Subcommittee went straight to work, holding a hearing on the afternoon of Sept. 7, entitled “Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating Innovation and Leadership.” The hearing discussion focused on the state…
Registration Begins this Month for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, and Director, Principal Department of Defense Space Advisor Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., will be a featured speaker for the Space Foundation’s new classified one-day space conference, the Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, to be held in the greater Washington, D.C., area in…
Successful Launch for Tiangong-2 Space Lab
Late in the evening of Sept. 15 in China, the uncrewed Tiangong-2 spacecraft headed into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Tiangong-2 is a space station laboratory that China plans to have up and running in the early 2020s. This is China’s second space station, and one step in the…
Space Foundation Launches Quarterly New Generation Networking in Washington, D.C.
In September, the Space Foundation partnered with Women in Aerospace (WIA), Women in Defense and the Space Generation Advisory Council to host a joint New Generation networking reception at Airbus Group Government Relations and Experience Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to providing the spectacular venue, host Airbus Group, a Space Foundation Contributing Member, also provided beverages…
Space Foundation Photos from the 67th International Astronautical Congress
The Space Foundation is continually expanding its global horizons, connecting with space leaders and customers from around the world at a varity of events, including the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30. Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham (pictured below) led the largest team to attend the IAC from the Space…
Judges Announced for 2017 International Student Art Contest
The goal with selecting judges for the Space Foundation’s annual International Student Art Contest is to choose talented, trained, professional artists from diverse backgrounds who can contribute various perspectives to the daunting task of sorting through thousands of artwork entries. Artwork submitted for the 2017 contest will be reviewed by a panel of outstanding artists,…
World Space Week 2016 DIY Activities
Declared in 1999 by the United Nations, World Space Week is celebrated internationally each year Oct. 4 through Oct. 10. World Space Week is one of the largest public space events on Earth, with more than 1,800 events in 73 countries celebrating the benefits and exploration of space, according to the World Space Week organization.…
Cape Canaveral New Gen Party Kicks Off World Space Week
New Generation space professionals will launch World Space Week at a Kick Off Party at Florida Beer Company, 200 Imperial Blvd., Cape Canaveral, on Monday, Oct. 3, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Space professionals age 35 years or younger are invited to join the Florida space community in a tailgate party to launch the largest annual…
New Generation Spotlight: Women in Aerospace
This new 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…
Sierra Nevada Corporation and the United Nations Announce First-Ever Dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser® Space Mission
Launching a Dedicated Dream Chaser Microgravity Mission for Member States in 2021 SPARKS, Nev. (Sept. 27, 2016) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and have announced details of the first-ever United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in Guadalajara, Mexico. The dedicated Dream Chaser® Mission is…