Space Foundation News & Media
Biweekly Washington, D.C. Updates for the Week Ending February 10, 2023
This Week in Washington This Week in Washington, the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act passed the House, Roscosmos announced plans to deploy an orbital station by 2027, and the Federal Aviation Administration and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation hosted the 25th Annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference. Space Foundation Virtual Program Space Matters Space Foundation’s third season…
Space Foundation to Host State of Space 2023 Program on Feb. 16

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 9, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that it will host its annual program, State of Space, on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. EST. The fifth annual event will stream on Space Foundation’s Symposium365;…
Space Foundation Selects NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Team as 2023 Space Achievement Award Recipient

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 8, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Team has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Space Achievement Award. The award will be presented April 17, 2023, during Space Foundation’s…
Space Foundation Announces New International Teacher Liaisons for 2023

Flight 23 includes five international teachers from five nations outside the U.S. Program globally promotes space-related STEM education in schools Selectees will take part in the Space Symposium in April COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 7, 2023 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced 22 educators…
Space Foundation Names United States Postal Service Recipient of 2023 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award

Space Foundation announced that it has selected the United States Postal Service (USPS) as the recipient of this year’s Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award.
Biweekly Washington, D.C. Updates for the Week Ending January 27, 2023
This Week in Washington This Week in Washington, Congressional committee leadership decisions were released, House SST Committee leadership introduced the bipartisan Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act, the Hawaiian government stood up an agency to determine the fate of two observatories, and Rocket Lab successfully launched its first mission from U.S. soil. United States Space Policy…
James Webb Space Telescope Program Team Selected to Receive 2023 John L. ’Jack’ Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration

Space Foundation announced that it has selected the James Webb Space Telescope team as the recipient of the 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration.
Don’t Get Left on the Launch Pad: Scale Your Business for Space
Not every company will build satellites and spacecraft that launch into orbit. But companies in nearly every industry can grow through space-based technology applications, products and services. Scaling a business for space refers not to growing a space business specifically, but to growing any business through: Space tech transfer: the commercialization of space technologies for…
Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2022 Q4Â

Records Set for Launches and Payloads Reaching Space Despite Economic Headwinds   Successful launch attempts increased more than 33% from 2021 to 2022 Spacecraft operators deployed 2,354 spacecraft in 2022, a 36% annual increase  Pentagon more than doubled space budgets from 2005 to 2022 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jan. 24, 2023 – Space Foundation, a nonprofit…
Space Foundation Discovery Center Announces Newest Exhibit Honoring Space Shuttle Columbia

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jan. 19, 2023 – Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Foundation Discovery Center will open its newest exhibit, “With Dignity, Honor, and Reverence: The Recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia,” on Saturday, Feb. 4. The exhibit commemorates the 20th…
