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Space Foundation Takes STEM Activities to AMOS Conference
For the fifth consecutive year, the Space Foundation is playing a major role at the annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i, Sept. 9-12. Involvement includes a featured speaker presentation by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham, a reception for young space professionals and STEM education programs for…
Pulham is Slated as Strategic Choices for Space Featured Speaker
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will be a featured speaker at The Strategic Choices for Space – President’s Conference 2014, to be held Oct. 8-9 at the Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters in London. Pulham is scheduled to speak on Oct. 8 on “Issues for the Space Sector.” This international aerospace conference features papers…
Space Foundation Discovery Center Features "Exploring Mars" Sept. 6
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 4, 2014) – The public is invited to visit the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs on Saturday, Sept. 6, for a special day of “Exploring Mars,” part of its monthly “Star Days” series. Drive a rover on our simulated Martian terrain, play Minecraft Mission To Mars in our AGI…
Space Watch: September 2014 (Volume: 13, Issue: 9)
The View From Here Setting Sail Second View Somebody Needs to Tell Steve Miller There is a New Space Cowboy Space Symposium Space Symposium is the Number One Global Space Conference 31st Space Symposium at a Glance Reserve Exhibit Space for 31st Space Symposium Nominate for General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award by…
Setting Sail
In November of 2008, I penned an article about space exploration in the context of Polynesian Wayfinding, called “Charting A Course and Setting Sail.” What prompted that article was my having had the rare privilege of sailing aboard the historic Hawaiian double-hulled sailing canoe, Hokulea. Today, Hokulea is embarked upon another epic sailing voyage -…
Costume Up for STEM Education!
Sponsorships and Tickets Now Available for the Space & Science Fiction Costume Ball You are invited to join us for an ‘out of this world’ event by sponsoring and attending the third annual Space & Science Fiction Costume Ball to benefit STEM education at the Space Foundation. The Ball will be held on the evening…
Professional Development Scholarship Available for Hawaiian Educators
The Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship is given annually by the Space Foundation to provide professional development for a qualified educator of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, or who works with PreK-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. The scholarship provides a unique opportunity for the recipient to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., during the summer of…
Congress Returns from Recess to Prepare for 2014 Fiscal Year End
Legislative activity in Washington, D.C., slowed down in August as Congress recessed for the month to return home to their families and constituents. Congress adjourning for a summer break has long been a tradition going back to 1791, but it was not until Congress passed the Legislative Reorganization Act in 1970 that August officially became…
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Through our Washington, D.C. office, the Space Foundation educates, facilitates and coordinates with officials from government, industry, academia and the international space community. We serve as a trusted source of information and data for these constituents and promote the message that space and investment in space capabilities benefits all people. By our charter, we are…
International Student Art Contest is Accepting Artwork Entries for 2015
Students from around the world, ages 3 to 18 years, are invited to enter the Space Foundation’s fifth annual International Student Art Contest. Children may draw, paint or create a digital image of their idea of the view looking into space from a spaceship for the contest theme “The View From My Spaceship.” The deadline…