Space Foundation News & Media
Space Symposium Website Available in 71 Languages to Assist Global Registration
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 4, 2014) – Expect more international participation than ever at this year’s 30th Space Symposium, to be held May 19-22 at the five-star, five-diamond Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. Widely known as the most important worldwide space industry conference, the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium annually attracts more than 9,000…
L-3 Telemetry-West Introduces New Telemetry, Command & Ranging Solutions for Commercial Satellites
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 3, 2014) – L-3 Telemetry-West (L-3 TW) announced today that it is now supplying commercial GEO satellite Telemetry, Command & Ranging (TC&R) solutions featuring its new CTKu-900 and CRKu-900 transmitter/receiver products. These highly advanced components are the newest additions to the company’s growing portfolio of Telemetry, Tracking & Control (TT&C) products for the commercial satellite…
Space Foundation Congratulates JAXA and NASA on Successful GPM Mission Launch
The Space Foundation congratulates Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA on the successful launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Earth observation mission from pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center, Thursday, Feb. 27 (U.S. time), Tanegashima, Japan. Launched upon a Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA- JAXA Global GPM Core Observatory, GPM, will…
Right now at the Discovery Center!
The Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs is open until 5:00 p.m. today, Saturday, March 1, with special “Star Days” activities included in the price of admission. Children can conduct science experiments with Cool Science®, burn off some energy in the bounce house, or try out the new Mars Robotics Laboratory. Learn more about…
Elliot Pulham to Receive Space Education Inspiration Award
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will be honored in 2014 with the Space Education Inspiration Award, recognizing his support and promotion of space education and innovation, specifically in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The award will be presented to Pulham by the Federation of Galaxy Explorers at the 2014…
Mars Robotics Laboratory is Now Open!
The Space Foundation has opened its Mars Robotics Laboratory, located in the Discovery Center at its world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. The laboratory’s simulated Martian terrain offers students an opportunity to program robotic rovers to complete mission objectives individually or in teams. Missions can be run that support any part of school curriculum, including…
Space Foundation Visits Orbital Sciences Corporation
In February, a team from the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office visited Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Va., and toured the mission control centers, as well as the spacecraft manufacturing facilities. It is at this location that the company’s spacecraft are designed, built and tested, including civilian, commercial and national security spacecraft. The tour included a…
House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space Holds Hearing
In February, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space held a hearing on “Necessary Updates to the Commercial Space Launch Act.” The Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA), first passed in 1984, and amended several times since then, gives authority to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to license commercial launches and indemnify launch providers…
Senate Armed Services Committee Interested in Cyber Deterrence Strategy
On Feb. 27, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing entitled, “U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015.” While the hearing normally reviews President Obama’s budget request for these two Commands, due to the budget being released a month late (March 4) the…
Science Committee Agrees Mars is Ultimate Destination; Disagrees on Timing
On Feb. 27, the House Science, Space & Technology Committee held a hearing entitled, “Mars Flyby 2021: The First Deep Space Mission for the Orion and Space Launch System?” Members of Congress agreed that Mars was the ultimate destination for NASA’s human exploration program, but differed on whether NASA would be ready to support a…