Space Foundation News & Media
Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives Contract to Continue Development of NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Gridded Ion Thruster System
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (April 6, 2015) — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has been awarded a contract worth approximately $18 million from NASA Glenn Research Center to complete the development of NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) Gridded Ion Thruster System. The NEXT-C Gridded Ion Thruster System is designed to power government and commercial spacecraft to…
Dynetics Awarded Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnership Contract
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., (April 1, 2015) — Dynetics will partner with NASA to pioneer a new rapid, highly efficient system that removes carbon dioxide (CO2) and potentially other undesirable gases from spacecraft cabin air, Dynetics officials announced today. Dynetics is one of 12 Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) selected by NASA to advance concept studies…
Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center Sells Out for 31st Space Symposium
The Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center is sold out for the 31st Space Symposium, with more than 150 exhibits of the world’s latest space technology, products and services, more than 30 first-time exhibitors and more than a dozen countries represented, including: Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom…
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…
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…
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…