Space Foundation News & Media
Thuraya Launches the Mobile Satellite Industry's Fastest Handheld Hotspot
GITEX 2012, DUBAI (Oct. 14, 2012) – Industry leading Mobile Satellite Services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company today announced the launch of its Thuraya XT-Hotspot product. Building upon the success of its Thuraya XT handheld, the industry’s most popular and toughest satellite phone, Thuraya is introducing the XT-Hotspot, which is a pocket-size router that creates a…
Zimkas Named Space Foundation President
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct.12, 2012) – The Space Foundation today announced the promotion of Charles P. “Chuck” Zimkas, Jr., from chief operating officer to president, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Elliot H. Pulham. Zimkas has been with the Space Foundation since 1986, following a 26-year Air Force career, during which he was selected as one of the…
ISU Professors conduct experiment onboard the CNES-ESA A300 Zero-G Aircraft
Strasbourg, France (Oct. 10, 2012) – In preparation for its flight on the International Space Station, ISU Professors Gilles Clément and Angie Bukley collected data for the Straight-Ahead in Microgravity (SAM) experiment during the 98th CNES parabolic flight campaign in Bordeaux, France, which took place on October 2-4, 2012. The SAM experiment is a CNES-ESA led…
Space Foundation Visitors Center Opens
The Space Foundation Visitors Center welcomed its first guests today when it officially opened to the public. Julie Batura and sons Riley, 7, Will, 2 and Alex, 7 months, of Colorado Springs, Colo., viewed the artifacts and the Science On a Sphere® in the Northrop Grumman Science Center as part of a morning homeschooling outing. The…
Space Foundation Visitors Center Participates in Colorado Springs Together Discount Card
Holders of the Colorado Springs Together Discount Card can get free admission to the brand new Space Foundation Visitors Center for a full year. The card provides discounts on food, lodging, entertainment, goods and services to families affected by this summer’s Waldo Canyon fire. More details on the card are available here. Anyone using the card…
Space Foundation Celebrates Grand Opening of Northrop Grumman Science Center
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 5, 2012) – Today the Space Foundation celebrates the grand opening of the Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere® (SOS), the first major step in the development of the new Space Foundation Visitors Center at its world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. A private opening event was held this…
World Space Week Events: Space Foundation Visitors Center to Open, Astronaut to Sign Autographs Oct. 9
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2012) – Beginning on Oct. 9, the Space Foundation Visitors Center will be open to the public every Tuesday and Thursday and the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To celebrate the first public day, former NASA astronaut and Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human…
House Introduces Space Leadership Preservation Act
On Sept. 20, six members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Space Leadership Preservation Act (H.R. 6491), which is aimed at providing NASA with more stability and predictability. Among other things H.R. 6491 would do are: Create a 10-year term for the NASA administrator Establish a board of directors to provide a quadrennial…
Senate Committee Hearing Raises Beyond-LEO Concerns
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing last month on “The Path from LEO to Mars,” which examined NASA’s exploration portfolio, both robotic and human, beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) to the surface of Mars. Steve Squyres, Ph.D., testified that there are two areas of concern regarding getting beyond LEO and eventually…
Industry Stresses Need for Continued SLS, Orion Crew Capsule Funding
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing in September on “Examining NASA’s Development of the Space Launch System and Orion Crew Capsule” at which representatives from industry testified that Orion is currently advancing toward its Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) in 2014. EFT-1 mission…