Space Foundation News & Media
Build An Alien at What If…
Come see the Space Foundation at the What If… Festival of Innovation & Imagination, to be held Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., at the Plaza of the Rockies, in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. What If… will fill more than six square blocks of downtown Colorado Springs with activities demonstrating and encouraging innovation, imagination…
Space Foundation Participates on AMOS Technology Panel
The Space Foundation is supporting the future of space with programs at the 13th annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference this week in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes presentation of a space technology panel on the main agenda, education programs for teachers and students, a reception for young space professionals and co-sponsorship…
Space Foundation Offers Unique Scholarship for Hawaiian Educators
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 11, 2012) – Educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry have an extraordinary opportunity to travel to Colorado Springs for free to learn how to use space themes in the classroom. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for…
SGAC Announces Winners of the 2012 SGAC Young Leadership Awards
Vienna, Austria (Sept. 11, 2012) – SGAC has awarded nine university students and young professionals with SGAC Young Leadership Awards. These scholarships are given annually to SGAC’s top volunteers to enable them to attend the Space Generation Congress. The winners have been indispensable assets to SGAC over the past year. Read on to learn more…
Space Foundation Seeks Nominations for 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 10, 2012) – The Space Foundation is now accepting nominations for its highest honor, the annual General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to the welfare or betterment of humankind through exploration, development and use of space, or…
Space Foundation Participates in STEM Events at Adams State University
The Space Foundation is participating in several special events open to the community in Alamosa, Colo., on Sept. 6-7 in conjunction with Adams State University (ASU)’s Zacheis Planetarium Grand Re-Opening Celebration. The activities, supported by a $3.6 million grant to ASU from the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) program,…
Thuraya and Quicklink Set to Showcase Innovative and Cost-Effective Broadcast Solutions at IBC 2012
Amsterdam (Sept. 7, 2012) – Leading global mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company and the innovative UK-based solution provider Quicklink, will feature technologically advanced, easy-to-use, cost-effective voice and data solutions for the broadcast and media sectors at the upcoming IBC 2012 conference for the electronic media and entertainment industry. One of several cutting-edge broadcast…
UTEP Launches cSETR
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham will help celebrate the opening of the Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (cSETR) and the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Education Laboratory at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) on Sept. 6. Also attending the opening will be NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, along with officials…
MEDB celebrates innovation during its 30th anniversary
KIHEI (Sept. 6, 2012) – Former NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao will headline a new innovation series sponsored by Maui Economic Development Board. The event is part of MEDB’s yearlong 30th anniversary celebration and an effort by the nonprofit to encourage, empower and engage the island community with building technology and developing a sustainable diversified economy…
Thuraya appoints John Huddle as Head of Media Services
Amsterdam (Sept. 6, 2012) – Leading global mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company announces the appointment of John Huddle as its new head of Market Development for Media Services. Mr. Huddle will oversee the development and execution of the company’s global market strategies, pricing and operations of its MediaComms suite. John Huddle said, “I…