Space Foundation News & Media
Register for 32nd Space Symposium by Jan. 22 to Take Advantage of Super Savings on Standard Industry Registration
Widely known as the most significant global space industry conference, the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium annually attracts thousands of participants from dozens of countries, including the world’s top decision makers from civil, military, government, commercial and academic institutions. The 32nd Space Symposium will also feature discussion of emergent space technology, and more than 160 displays…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Hohmann for the Holidays by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell started their 14-day Earth orbit mission when their Gemini VII spacecraft roared from the launch pad in early December. Both astronauts and the rest of NASA’s teams had been preparing for that Dec. 4 launch for months, but…
Corporate Giving Club Welcomes New Members
The Space Foundation welcomes and thanks its newest member companies of the Corporate Giving Club. The Club annually funds programs for school groups and the general public at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. It also supports innovative and interactive traveling exhibits, the restoration and preservation of historic space artifacts and the overall…
App Smashing and More at the Space Foundation
by Bryan DeBates, Space Foundation Senior Director – Education (pictured with students in the Space Foundation’s Mars Robotics Laboratory) Thanks to a grant from Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation education team is ready to start app smashing with students and teachers. Forty iPads were purchased to create an iPad lab, which will be utilized by…
Space Foundation STEM Education Outreach in Colorado
Elias Molen and Jami Sunkel, Space Education Specialists for the Space Foundation, were recently invited to speak at STEM events in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colo. They were chosen because of their expertise in STEM outreach and the work they do each day at the Space Foundation Discovery Center to inspire students to become engaged…
Betty Sapp to be a Featured Speaker at Classified Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Based on recent success with classified programming at the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium and customer demand for similar programming, the Space Foundation is convening a one-day classified event in the metro Washington, D.C., area in Chantilly, Va., at Scitor Corporation, an SAIC company, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The Faga Forum on Space Intelligence…
STEM Outreach in Wyoming
The Space Foundation’s Space Education Specialists, Elias Molen, Jami Sunkel and Carah Barbarick, recently returned from student enrichment programs at the Natrona County School District in Casper, Wyo. This marks the third time that the Space Foundation education team has traveled to Casper to provide enrichment for students at various schools there. During this trip, the…
Space Foundation Hosts its First New Generation Mentoring Event in Washington, D.C.
On Nov. 18, the Space Foundation hosted its first New Generation networking event in Washington, D.C., held on George Washington University’s (GWU) campus in the heart of D.C. The event received strong support from Dr. Scott Pace and the Space Policy Institute of GWU, and brought together more than 40 young professionals and 12 senior…
News From The Hill
by Rachel Hendrix, intern, Space Foundation, Washington, D.C., officeand Jillianne Pierce, Space Foundation Government Affairs Associate On Nov. 2, President Obama signed H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which will boost federal spending for the year by $50 billion. It is still unclear how this agreement will affect appropriations for NASA and NOAA programs. On…
Space & Social Media, the Bonds that Unite Us
by Colleen Parith* During 2015, we followed the space events trending on our favorite social media sites. The year began with three important launches — the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) launch from California in January, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) from Cape Canaveral in February and the important launch of NASA astronaut Scott…