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Hard Work and Talent Lead to Dream Job at Boeing
Boeing SLS engineer career Amanda Gertjejansen went to college with a single goal: Make more than her mother — enough to put poverty in the past. Now she’s on a rocket ride, managing a Boeing integrated product team overseeing the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage. Amanda Gertjejansen Boeing At Louisiana State University, Gertjejansen studied…
ERT Acquires Sev1Tech to Strengthen Integrated Mission Solutions Across Space, Defense, and Federal Civilian Agencies
GREENBELT, MD – Feb. 24, 2026 – ERT, a Macquarie Capital–backed company, announced today it acquired Sev1Tech, a digital modernization and IT transformation partner supporting complex space, defense and national security initiatives. The acquisition expands ERT’s ability to deliver secure, mission-aligned digital solutions to support modernization, resilience and operational effectiveness for government customers operating in highly…
Space Foundation Announces Collaboration with BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions for a New Branded Content Series, ‘Space Renaissance’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 23, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced its collaboration with BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions to produce a new branded film series, “Space Renaissance.” The three-part series will explore how technologies developed for space are being adapted to improve…
Artemis II’s Slow Crawl to the Moon: Inside the 8-Hour Journey to Launch
Update: Amentum’s Breanne Rohloff and her big rig got an extra workout Feb. 25, when NASA engineers decided to roll the Artemis II back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center to diagnose a helium flow issue in the launch vehicle’s upper stage. She will get the long drive back on the crawler…
Space Foundation Selects Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Team and the Petit Family Foundation for 2026 Space Symposium Awards
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 18, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, has named Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 team for the 2026 Space Achievement Award and the Petit Family Foundation for the 2026 Athena Education Award. “The extraordinary contributions of these two organizations are…
Space Foundation Announces 2026 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration and Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Recipients
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 29, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced it has selected NASA’s Voyager Team as the recipient of the 2026 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration and the Estes Model Rocket Company as the 2026 Douglas…
Space Foundation Announces International Teacher Liaisons for 2026
• Program globally promotes space-related STEM education in schools • ‘Flight 26’ includes six international teachers from six nations outside the U.S. • Selectees will take part in the Space Symposium in April COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 21, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community,…
Space Foundation to Host Innovate Space: Finance Forum in Partnership With Texas Space Commission
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 15, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced it will host Innovate Space: Finance Forum, an executive-level conference focused on how capital is shaping the future of the space economy. The forum will take place Feb. 18–19, 2026, at…
Space Foundation Honors General Lance W. Lord With 2026 James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 14, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced that Gen. (Ret.) Lance W. Lord has been selected as the 2026 recipient of its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. Lord, a retired four-star general of the U.S. Air Force, previously served as Commander of Air Force Space Command. Named in honor of Space Foundation’s late, longtime chairman,…
Statement on the Confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Dec. 17, 2025 — Heather Pringle, CEO of Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, issued the following statement today on the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as the 15th Administrator of NASA. “On behalf of the entire Space Foundation team and our global community of space advocates,…