Space Foundation News & Media
AFA to Integrate Space Competiton with Space Symposium
The Air Force Association (AFA) will use its StellarXplorers group and opportunities at the 31st Space Symposium to inspire Colorado students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). On the morning of Wednesday, April 15, five teams of high school students will gather at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs…
Stay Informed with the 31st Space Symposium Mobile App
The Space Foundation thanks co-sponsor FedEx for its sponsorship of the 31st Space Symposium mobile app. The app is now available on three platforms: Android, Apple and Blackberry. Features include: A full listing of events, including agendas, tracks, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, media and more Site map so you can find your way around the Symposium…
STEM Education Gets Boost from Grant to Establish Lockheed Martin Space Education Center
More than 8,000 students and teachers to annually benefit from Lockheed Martin’s generosity by Gina Taranto, Space Foundation Director – Philanthropy A grant from Lockheed Martin Corporation for an education center at Space Foundation’s World Headquarters and Discovery Center directly benefits children and educators, especially those at schools serving large concentrations of low-income and under-represented…
Get Discounted Tickets for Space Foundation Yuri's Night and Support STEM Education
Located in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation Discovery Center is the site of formal and informal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in Colorado. Daily admission and Passport membership sales, help support the Space Foundation’s education mission, and on April 12 there will be a special public fundraising event. Join the Space Foundation Yuri’s…
Remembering Leonard Nimoy
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham was asked by Fox News to write a remembrance of Leonard Nimoy at the time of his passing. Pulham got to know Nimoy when he attended the Space Foundation’s 26th Space Symposium in 2010. Nimoy was the recipient of the Space Foundation’s Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award…
Pulham Congratulates NASA/Industry Team on Successful Test Firing of Space Launch System Solid Rocket Booster
On March 11, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham congratulated NASA and its industry partners on a successful test firing of the new, five-segment solid rocket booster for the Space Launch System (SLS), the new U.S. launch system that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit. During the test in Promontory, Utah, the new…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst Apollo’s Engine Still Powers On Fifty years ago, the roar of an engine was heard throughout the Tennessee Valley, bouncing off the small hill the locals called Monte Sano. The thundering was heard for miles around, and whether the Alabama residents knew it or not, on 16 April,…
Highlighting Two Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
by Rebecca Williams, Space Foundation Space Awareness Program Coordinator With the 31st Space Symposium on the horizon, I would like to highlight two of our Space Certification corporate level partners whose technology has been inducted into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame®. The Space Technology Hall of Fame® comprises many extraordinary innovations — all…
Chronos Vision and Seismic Damper Technologies are 2015 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
The Space Foundation’s 31st Space Symposium will culminate on April 16 with ceremonies celebrating the induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® of two innovations developed for space that now improve life on Earth. The inductees are: Chronos Vision Technology, a refractive eye surgery device used internationally to improve vision Seismic Damper Technology, a…
Country in Focus: Space in Vietnam
The Space Foundation announces a first for its 31st Space Symposium, the head of the Vietnamese space agency, Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director, Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC), will head a Country in Focus panel on Thursday, April 16, focusing on “Space in Vietnam.” This year marks the twentieth anniversary of normalized relations between the…