Space Foundation News & Media
Space Industry Growth: Where Are the Opportunities in 2022?
The global space economy hit $469B in 2021, growing at the fastest annual rate in seven years. In the first six months of 2022 alone, a record-setting 1,022 spacecraft were placed in orbit—more than in the first 52 years of the Space Age (1957-2009, 986) combined. Space industry opportunities abound, but the global space ecosystem…
Space Agriculture: 3 Space-Based Technologies That Are Changing How We Grow Food
Agriculture and space. The ground and the sky. One of the most ancient human activities paired with our dreams for the future. While agriculture and space at first may not appear to have much in common, space-based technologies are helping us grow food and monitor crops more efficiently. As the population grows, water becomes precious,…
Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2022 Q3 with New Findings on Global Workforce, Space Force Recruiting, Spacesuits, and Biobandages
U.S. space employment grew 2.6% during 2021 U.S. Space Force saw more than 18,000 applicants vie for 511 enlisted jobs Recent 3D printing experiments could revolutionize treatment of injuries in space COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oct. 11, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today released…
Space Commerce Institute Partners with The Levan Center of Innovation for 2022 South Florida Space Day
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oct. 6, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Commerce Institute is partnering with The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation for the first South Florida Space Day. The event will take place Wednesday,…
Space Foundation and Boeing Launch Art in the Stars to Send Student Artwork into Space
Students aged 3-18 are invited to submit original artwork inspired by the theme “Breaking Boundaries in Space” All submissions will travel to space digitally aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Showcase begins on Oct. 4 with entries due by Dec. 16, 2022 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oct. 4, 2022 — Boeing and Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate…
STEAM & STEM Scholarships for High School Seniors
There are a wide array of educational opportunities that put students one step closer to achieving their dream career. Companies and organizations have recognized the rich value that students studying STEAM/STEM degrees provide to the workforce and society. Collectively, they understand that supporting these students also supports creative and critical thinking, problem solving skills and…
Biweekly Washington, D.C. Updates for the Week Ending September 30, 2022
This Week in Washington The Senate confirmed Lt Gen Chance Saltzman as the next Chief of Space Operations. Majority Leader Schumer indicated the National Defense Authorization Act will not be voted on prior to midterm elections, and a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) has passed the Senate, likely to pass the House and to be signed…
Kayhan Space Awarded SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Contract
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Sept. 28, 2022 — With the space economy and critical defense initiatives dependent on safe rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), Kayhan Space, along with partners Astroscale U.S. and the University of Texas at Austin, today announced it has won a U.S. Space Force award to develop an intelligent platform that autonomously enables…
Space Foundation to Celebrate World Space Week 2022
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 27, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced programming for its celebration of World Space Week 2022, Oct. 4-10. This year, the theme for the annual event is “Space and Sustainability” to celebrate sustainability in and from space. In…
Space Foundation Announces Interview with NASA’s Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 26, 2022 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced an exclusive interview with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. The event, to be held live on Instagram, will present a discussion on the DART (Double Asteroid…