Space Foundation News & Media
Students from 19 Colorado Schools to Visit Space Foundation Discovery Center on Lockheed Martin ScholarTrips
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2014) – Thanks to a grant from Lockheed Martin, more than 600 students at 19 Title 1 schools in Colorado will be able to visit the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center in Colorado Springs this school year. Title 1 schools serve high concentrations of low-income, at-risk and under-represented families, and are…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Celebrates 100th High Performance Apogee Thruster Flight
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Dec. 1, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, is pleased to report the completion of its 100th geosynchronous satellite apogee insertion using its iridium/ rhenium High Performance Apogee Thruster (HiPAT™), including first and second generation design configurations. The successful insertion was achieved with a large geosynchronous telecommunications satellite, built by commercial…
Learning How Our Solar System Formed, from Inside the International Space Station
NanoRacks Downlinks Video Footage from Within NR’s Research Platform #2 Webster, TX., (Nov. 25, 2014) – The University of Central Florida’s experiment, NanoRocks, currently on board the International Space Station (ISS) is producing promising results. The experiment, studying solar system formation, was brought to the ISS through a NanoRacks’ partnership with Space Florida’s International Space Station Research Competition. NanoRocks is…
Technical Track Abstract Deadline is Dec. 1
The Space Foundation has extended the deadline to Dec. 1, 2014, for its Technical Track paper abstracts. Tech Track presentations will be part of the Spce Foundation’s 31st Space Symposium, to be held April 13-16, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The Tech Track sessions will offer registrants an opportunity to hear…
Come to "There's Snow Place Like Space" at the Discovery Center Saturday, Dec. 6
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 17, 2014) – The Space Foundation will bring space down to Earth for a special day of winter-weather science for all ages at the Discovery Center on Saturday, Dec. 6. The following Star Days activities are included in the price of Discovery Center admission on Dec. 6, from 10:00 a.m. -…
Reserve Space Now for Dec. 12 Homeschool Day
In November, 47 homeschool students attended the Space Foundation Discovery Center’s first Homeschool Day, where activites included a basic engineering lesson with the design, construction and testing of simple aerodynamic landers (pictured top) and a session in Science On a Sphere® (pictured below). Homeschool Day at the Discovery Center uses hands-on science activities to reinforce…
Space Foundation Congratulates ESA on Successful Landing of Rosetta's Philae
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2014) – After a 10-year journey, Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft made history today when its lander Philae successfully attached to its destination, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched Rosetta aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle in March 2004 out of the space center in Kourou, French Guiana. While not…
Inmarsat completes construction of the Global Xpress ground network
Washington, D.C., (Nov. 7, 2014) – Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L) today announced that it has completed construction of the final four satellite access stations (SAS) for its Global Xpress (GX) fleet. This represents a significant milestone in the rollout of GX, the world’s first, global high-speed broadband Ka-band network, which is scheduled for global commercial service…
Nov. 13 Space Story Time Features Book by Astronaut Mark Kelly
The Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs now offers the region’s only STEM-focused preschool story program. Space Story Time is held each Thursday, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., at the Discovery Center and is appropriate for children ages 3-5 years. This week’s Space Story Time on Nov. 13 will feature a book by former NASA…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers 100 Percent Mission Success with SM-3 Block IB Intercept Test
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Nov. 6, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems played a crucial role during a first-of-its-kind missile defense test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy. During Flight Test Standard Missile-25 (FTM-25), conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai,…