Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Will Launch New Explore Space Experience this Summer
The Space Foundation has created a new summer program at its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, specifically for youngsters ages nine through 12 years. Explore Space Experience is designed and led by certified master teachers to offer a variety of hands-on, immersive activities and experiences based on space and science, technology, engineering, art and math…
USAFA Cadets Pack Up the Big Red Dog at the Discovery Center
In January, the Space Foundation Discovery Center said good-bye to the first traveling exhibit made possible through its new partnership with Pikes Peak Children’s Museum. Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog was an exhibit for very young children that supported literacy and socialization skills, and was extremely popular with preschoolers. The exhibit was packed…
How the Corporate Giving Club is Benefiting Colorado
The Space Foundation’s Discovery Center in Colorado Springs is the region’s only space, science and technology attraction, offering formal and informal STEM education programs for schools, families and visitors to the Pikes Peak region. The Space Foundation’s Corporate Giving Club helps companies that want to support STEM programs by enlisting their sponsorship through the new…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Small but Mighty by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst A rocket sat on a Florida launch pad on a late February morning. The rocket, a Saturn 1B, looked almost like a Saturn V rocket. But it was 1966, and the Saturn V was still in development. The S 1B was smaller, about two-thirds the…
Space Foundation will Bring its Space in the Community Program to Schools in Northern Colorado
The Space Foundation is taking its Space in the Community STEM education program to St. Vrain Valley Schools in northern Colorado in February. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., will share his experiences in space with students at several St. Vrain Valley Schools in Erie and Longmont, Colo., and will also join a panel discussion…
Faga Forum on Space Intelligence to be Held Feb. 10
Engage with government and industry decision makers, versed in national security space and intelligence issues to discuss current challenges, opportunities and solutions at the Space Foundation’s Faga Forum on Space Intelligence. This new classified event will be held in Chantilly, Va., at Scitor Corporation, an SAIC company, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30…
A Heartfelt Valentine’s Message
Your Generosity is the Heart of our Mission Your philanthropic support is critical in fueling the Space Foundation’s mission success. This generosity is significant in funding our education programs, and our advocacy and public awareness about the importance of space. Your support comes to us in many ways throughout the year. Swigert Society Recently launched,…
Tesla's Toolbox Project for February is Mars Rover Design Challenge
Tesla’s Toolbox is a new Space Foundation program named for engineer Nikola Tesla, who conducted some of his most creative experiments in Colorado Springs. From the Tesla experiments in electricity in the early 1900s, to current research in aerospace technology, Colorado Springs has long been a source of creativity, and the Space Foundation wants to…
Space Foundation Report from Washington
by Jillianne Pierce, Space Foundation Government Affairs Associate Congress returned in January to begin the second session of the 114th Congress. The year 2016 will be busy, but Congress will be in session somewhat infrequently, due to the November elections. In spite of this fact, government and industry are hopeful that a NASA re-authorization and…
Space Foundation Announces Sixth Annual International Student Art Contest Winners
With the second largest participation of its six year history, the Space Foundation’s Sixth Annual International Student Art Contest has resulted in 25 winners from eight countries. There were a total of 3,883 entries from 40 countries and 38 U.S. states submitted for the 2016 contest. Students from around the globe, ages 3 through 18,…