Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Partners with Project PoSSUM to Provide Immersive Astronautics Education
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 15, 2016) — The Space Foundation is partnering with Project PoSSUM to offer the PoSSUM Academy upper-atmospheric and astronautics education program in 2017. The program, designed by upper atmospheric scientists and former NASA astronaut instructors, is an immersive education program for high-school and undergraduate students. PoSSUM Academy students learn about upper-atmospheric…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft to Explore Near-Earth Asteroid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 8, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft, now on its way to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu, to bring a sample back to Earth for study. The mission was launched…
Nomination Deadline is Sept. 30 for 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 12, 2016) – Each spring, the Space Foundation holds a special luncheon during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs to confer its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. Only a few weeks remain to submit a nomination for the person to be honored in 2017. Nominations…
Submit Paper Abstracts by Nov. 18 for 33rd Space Symposium Technical Track
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 7, 2016) – The Space Foundation is announcing a Call for Abstracts for the Technical Track presentations to be delivered on April 3, 2017, as part of the 33rd Space Symposium. Tech Track sessions offer registrants an opportunity to hear from government and industry leaders in space technology development, and to…
AFRL Technology Demonstration Program Gives Boost to Future Hydrocarbon and AR1 Engines
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 6, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully completed its final test series on its sub-scale oxygen rich preburner as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD) program. Aerojet Rocketdyne tested the preburner at full power and full…
Submit Artwork Now for International Student Art Contest
The Space Foundation is seeking talented, creative student artists from around the world, ages 3 to 18 years, to enter its seventh annual International Student Art Contest. Children may draw, paint or create a digital mixed media image for the 2017 contest theme “Space Through My Eyes…” The deadline to submit entries is noon universal…
Orion Jettison Motor Fires to Ensure Crew Safety for the Journey to Mars
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 31, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully tested its third development jettison motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft at its facility in Rancho Cordova, California. Orion is being built to take humans farther into space than ever before, and the jettison motor is a critical…
Little Builders Exhibit Opens Sept. 24
Little Builders is the next traveling exhibit for young children that will be coming to the Space Foundation Discovery Center on Sept. 24. The exhibit is made possible through the generosity of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Little Builders helps young children, ages 2 through 7, learn and explore the concepts of construction,…
Space Foundation Offers Free Family Star Party Astronomy Nights This Fall
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin Beginning Sept. 28, the Space Foundation will offer a new, free, monthly program of special interest to families. At the end of each month, families and astronomy enthusiasts of all ages are invited to a free…
Expanding the Horizons of New Generation Initiatives
by Bernadette Maisel, Space Foundation Director – Customer Relations and New Generation Program Lead In 2008, the Space Foundation created the New Generation Initiatives as a forum to foster meaningful, long-term peer relationships between space professionals aged 35 and younger, and to provide access to top space leaders for opportunities in career mentorship. Since its…