Space Foundation News & Media
Field Trip Scholarships are Now Available for Rural Colorado Schools
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 15, 2014) – Thanks to a generous grant from Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Space Foundation is offering 10 scholarships to select schools for a field trip to its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the Pikes Peak region’s space, science and technology attraction and features the…
Buy Tickets Now for Space Foundation's 3rd Annual Space & Science Fiction Costume Ball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 10, 2014) – If space fantasy and science fiction is your thing, the Space Foundation’s costume ball will make your Halloween complete. This is also a lot of fun for anyone who enjoys a great party. The 3rd Annual Space & Science Fiction Costume Ball will be held at the Space…
Apply Now for Space Foundation Professional Development Scholarship for Hawaiian Educators
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 9, 2014) – 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…
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 -…
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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…