Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation to Present Space Achievement Award to U.S. Air Force GPS Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 12, 2014) – The Space Foundation has selected the U.S. Air Force GPS Team as the recipient of its 2014 Space Achievement Award. The award will be presented on May 19 during the opening ceremony of the Space Foundation’s 30th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA.…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests the Large Class Second Stage Motor for the United States Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its Large Class 92″ diameter second stage solid rocket motor was successfully tested at simulated altitude conditions at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, Tenn. The Large Class second stage was designed, fabricated and tested…
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Program Expands International Outreach; Adds Australian Educator and Four in India
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 30, 2014) – The Space Foundation has selected 24 outstanding educators for its 2014 flight of Teacher Liaisons, including four educators in India and one in Australia. This expands the international reach of this elite program, and brings the total number of international Teacher Liaisons to six. The educators were chosen…
Come to the Discovery Center Feb. 8 for Star Days!
On Saturday, Feb. 8, join a celebration at the Discovery Center commemorating the February birthdays of noted astronomers Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus. The Discovery Center will celebrate with a create-a-telescope activity, while supplies last, and a full day of Cool Science® demonstrations. Saturday Star Days Activities, Feb. 8, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Cool…
Fourth Quarter 2013 Index Performance
The Space Foundation Infrastructure Index, with 14 percent growth, led all other tracked indexes for the second straight quarter, as can be seen in Exhibit 1. The other four indexes showed relatively strong performance, with quarterly growth ranging from 9 percent to 11 percent heading into the new year. Key movers in the fourth quarter…
2014 International Student Art Contest Winners Announced
The 25 winners of the 2014 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest are the most globally diverse group in the contest’s history. Young artists were selected for the top slots from among more than 7,100 entries representing 54 countries, including 43 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories – the largest response…
Teacher Liaison Program Adds Australian Educator Plus Four in India
The Space Foundation has added five new international educators to its roster of Teacher Liaisons selected for 2014. The educators were chosen from applicants from around the world and the 24 new Teacher Liaisons include one in Australia, four in India and 19 in the US. he teachers were chosen for their active promotion of…
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Selected into NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program
This guest article was authored by Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Kevin Tambara, who was recently selected as a member of the NITARP 2014 class. Tambara is also an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, and exemplifies the caliber of educator selected annually for the Space Foundation’s elite Teacher Liaison Program. Educators selected for the 2014 flight…
Event Celebrates U.S. and Canadian Space Cooperation
Since 2010, the Space Foundation has held an annual international space cooperation event in the nation’s capitol. On Jan. 22, the Space Foundation celebrated United States and Canadian space cooperation at a reception at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Space Foundation and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the event recognized the…
Fiscal Year 2014 Federal Budget Update Report
On Jan. 17, President Obama signed the $1.012 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 omnibus spending bill into law. The omnibus funds the entire Federal government including NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). NASA was appropriated an overall budget of $17.646 billion for FY 2014. This is an increase…