Space Foundation News & Media
Today at the Discovery Center!
Free admission to anyone born in Colorado, today only at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. And meet the Stormtroopers and your other favorite Star Wars characters (courtesy of the 501st Legion). Saturday, Aug. 3, “Colorado Days” Family Activities at the Discovery Center Free tote bag for first 150 children on Saturday Free…
Experience the Final Week of Summer of Discovery; "A Taste of Space Technology" Aug. 6 – 10
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 2, 2013) – Don’t miss the Space Foundation’s grand finale week of its 10-week Summer of Discovery. Come to the Discovery Center in Colorado Springs Aug. 6 – 10 for “A Taste of Space Technology” and find out how space has become an important part of our everyday lives. The Space…
Gen. Shelton Tours Space Foundation Discovery Center
Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., toured the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs today and learned what the Space Foundation is doing to support STEM education. The visit included a demonstration of Science On a Sphere® (SOS), in the Discovery Center’s Northrop Grumman Science…
Summer of Discovery July Highlights at the Space Foundation Discovery Center
Guest speakers drew the biggest crowds to the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs during July. Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham started off the month’s presentations on July 2, sharing his insights regarding the future of space exploration in his talk “America’s Changing Role in Space.” Special guests at the Discovery Center on July…
STEM Lessons for Early Childhood Education
In July, teachers in the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development course PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration learned age-appropriate, hands-on STEM activities to engage very young children. Space Across the Curriculum courses are specifically designed to provide teachers with space-based content that is instantly transferable to the classroom and can be integrated across the…
Jami Sunkel is New Space Education Specialist
The Space Foundation education team welcomed a new space education specialist in July, Jami Sunkel. Sunkel’s credentials include a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and a bachelor’s degree in health promotion and wellness from Missouri Southern State College in Joplin. Most recently she was the 7th…
The Drive SunShine Institute is a Space Foundation Certification Program Partner
The Space Foundation has certified the Drive SunShine Institute (DSI) as a Certified Educational Products partner for its efforts in supporting a green environment and clean air educational technology. DSI promotes the use of alternative fuels such as wind and solar that, like the battery technology found in their automobiles, can be traced from technology…
Last Chance to Submit Nominations for Space Technology Hall of Fame 2014 Induction
Aug. 31 is the deadline to submit a nomination for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2014. This international program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that improve life on Earth. Nomination information, including a downloadable nomination form, is available here. Anyone can submit…
Space Foundation Index Performance Second Quarter 2013
The second quarter of 2013 saw sustained, but slowing, growth in every index except for the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index, which led the way with 7.75 percent growth (double its first quarter growth) as can be seen in Exhibit 1. For the first half of the year, the five tracked indexes performed fairly evenly, within…
Borowitz Presents at Secure World Foundation Event
Space Foundation Research Analyst Dr. Mariel Borowitz was a featured panelist at the Secure World Foundation event on July 15, Earth Observation Satellite Data-Sharing: Policies and Partnerships. About 70 people attended the discussion, held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., including academics and representatives from the Canadian and French embassies and from…