Space Foundation News & Media
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…
Call for Papers: International Space University Symposium Seeks Abstracts
The International Space University (ISU) has issued a call for papers for its 17th Annual International Symposium, to be held March 5 -7, 2013, on the ISU campus in Strasbourg, France. The 2013 theme is “Space Technology and Tele-reach: Benefiting Humanity on Earth and Beyond.” The Symposium will address tele-reach, a term referring to technologies…
NASA Awards Dynetics Contract for Space Launch System Advanced Booster
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 1, 2012) – NASA has awarded Dynetics a contract to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). Dynetics will demonstrate the use of modern manufacturing techniques to produce and test several primary components of the F-1 rocket engine originally developed for the Apollo…
ISU EMBA12 Participants Graduate on the Isle of Man
Douglas, Isle of Man (Oct. 1, 2012) – 22 participants from 11 countries took part in the graduation ceremony on 21st September 2012, with the majority of them receiving a degree in masters of business administration from the International Space University (ISU). This is the second cohort receiving this degree which was created by the ISU…
Wonders of the Universe "Soft Openings" at Northrop Grumman Science Center Continue
This week, more students participated in sessions at the Space Foundation’s Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®, testing our new Wonders of the Universe courses for PreK-12th grade students. In all, approximately 350 students from 11 Colorado schools are participating in “soft opening” sessions of the standards-based courses that use our Science On a Sphere (SOS)…
Students Participate in Wonders of the Universe "Soft Openings" at Northrop Grumman Science Center
Today, the new Space Foundation Northrop Grumman Science Center welcomed its first students. Approximately 50 fourth graders from Talbott Elementary School in Widefield District 3, Colo., and 50 fifth graders from Discovery Canyon Campus Academy in Colorado Springs District 20 stepped through the doors of the new facility, which features Science On a Sphere® (SOS),…
Five ISU Alumni won a Space Generation Advisory Council Young Leadership Award
Strasbourg, France (Sept. 19, 2012) – The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) announced the winners of the 2012 SGAC Young Leadership Awards. Five of the nine awardees are alumni of the International Space University (ISU). All the candidates to win this award are university students and young professionals. The SGAC Young Leadership Awards are delivered to…
Buy Tickets Now for the First Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 17, 2012) Have fantastic, futuristic Halloween fun while supporting the future education of Colorado’s next generation of space scientists. Tickets are now on sale for the first Space & Science Fiction Halloween Ball at SciFiSprings.com. This volunteer fundraising event will be held at the Space Foundation world headquarters, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., Colorado Springs,…
Aerojet and Daicel Mark 50 Years of Partnership
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 17, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and Daicel, a Japanese defense corporation, marked 50 years of partnership today with the planting of a cherry blossom tree at Aerojet’s headquarters in Sacramento. Aerojet first teamed with Daicel in 1962 on a technology transfer and a licensing agreement for Aeroplex, a…