Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Selects 20 New Teacher Liaisons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 30, 2012) — The Space Foundation has selected 20 outstanding educators for its 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons and for the first time in the program’s ten-year history, an international teacher from India has been chosen for the elite program. Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a middle…
Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley Visits Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 27, 2012) — During his visit to Colorado this week with President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley toured the new Space Foundation world headquarters in Colorado Springs with Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham. Included in tour were Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, vice commander, Air Force Space…
Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command is Cyber 1.2 Featured Speaker
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2012) — Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, USAF, vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., will discuss the strategic implications and the Air Force Space missions that relate to the cyber domain at the Space Foundation national conference Cyber 1.2, to be held Monday, April 16,…
Space Foundation Elects New Officers, Directors
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 25, 2012) — The board of directors of the Space Foundation held its annual meeting today, officially welcoming a new slate of officers and five new board members and recognizing six board member retirements. William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D., former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, retired from the Space…
Jean-Jacques Dordain re-elected as ISU's Chancellor
Strasbourg, France(Jan. 25, 2012) – Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA), has been re-elected by the Board of Trustees to act as Chancellor of the International Space University for a period of 3 years (ISU). Despite his busy professional life, Prof. Dordain has remained committed to education and to the next…
Thuraya Signs Service Partner Agreement with Africell Holding to Serve African Markets
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Jan. 23, 2012) – To embolden its distribution network in Africa, Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite operator has signed a service partner agreement with Africell Holding (a subsidiary of Lintel Holding). Through this partnership, Africell, one of Africa’s most dynamic GSM operators, will be providing Thuraya’s data and voice…
Provizion Optics is Newest Space Foundation Space Certification Program Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2012) — The Space Foundation welcomes Provizion Optics as its newest Space Certification program partner and Space Foundation Corporate Patron. Provizion Optics’ Certified Space Technology invention has taken off – literally. Among the equipment assigned to the Space Shuttle Discovery was a retinal camera attachment created by Paul Filar, OD,…
Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao Joins Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2012) — The Space Foundation welcomes an important addition to its leadership team; former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., will serve in the newly-created position of Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, a Russian Soyuz flight and was the commander of International…
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Power the Rocket Boosting the Latest Communications Satellite for U.S. Department of Defense
CANOGA PARK, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2012) – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems by successfully boosting the fourth in a series of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to increase communications capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a…
Aerojet Propulsion Helps Deliver Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its propulsion components assisted with today’s launch and payload insertion of the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) spacecraft. Aerojet’s 12 reaction control thrusters provided roll, pitch and yaw control during ascent of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV…