Space Foundation News & Media
Early Childhood Teachers Learn STEM Lessons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 16, 2011) — This week, teachers in the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum class “PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration,” learned age-appropriate, hands-on STEM activities for very young students. The course focuses on national standards and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles that can be immediately transferred to the classroom Limited enrollment is…
We Want Our Future is New Space Foundation Space Certification Educational Product Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 14, 2011) — The Space Foundation welcomes the We Want Our Future initiative as its newest Certified Educational Product partner. Launched and managed by University of Colorado graduate students and based in Boulder, Colo., the We Want Our Future initiative is a worldwide outreach project that challenges students to dream about…
Space Across The Curriculum Kicks Off Today
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 13, 2011) — The Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum courses kick off this morning in Colorado Springs, Colo., with two concurrent week-long sessions: Earth Systems Science: Planetary Geology, which covers what shapes and creates Earth and other planets and moons in our solar system. This course, one of five being offered this summer to preK-12…
Space Foundation Participates in United Nations COPUOS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 8, 2011) — The Space Foundation participated in the 54th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) held June 1-10 at the UN’s Vienna, Austria, International Center. In its role as a non-governmental organization, the Space Foundation serves as a private sector advisor to…
Iridium is New Space Foundation Corporate Member
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 3, 2011) — The Space Foundation welcomes new contributing member Iridium Communications Inc. The company was a co-sponsor of the Reception in Celebration of New Generation Space Leaders at the 27th National Space Symposium, and Iridium CEO, Matthew J. Desch, spoke on the Symposium panel, “CEOs on the Issues.” Iridium Communications Inc.…
Horace Mann Insurance Awards Educator Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 2, 2011) — Jo Ann Davis, mathematics coach at North Middle School in Colorado Springs, has been awarded a scholarship by Horace Mann Insurance to attend a one-week Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum professional development course this summer. Davis has chosen to attend the Space Foundation rocketry course, to be…
Posters, Photos, Doodles and More
Every month Space Watch brings you interesting, exciting and sometimes a little weird space links: To see NASA’s most unusual posters, including the two posters are pictured at right, click here See the now-famous airplane window photos of the May 16 Endeavour launch, courtesy of SPACE.com, here Watch time-lapse photography of space from the International Space Station,…
Space Foundation CEO Testifies in Washington
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham testified May 18 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the importance of a robust space program (the official topic of the hearing was The Contributions of Space to National Imperatives). The other participants were Frank Slazer, vice president of space systems, Aerospace Industries Association; Dr. Christopher…
NASA Budget Analysis Update Available
The Space Foundation has updated its report providing an overview and comparison of the NASA budget. The report provides an overview of FY 2011 NASA budget request and legislation, breaking it down into the President’s FY 2011 Budget Request, FY 2011 funds authorized by the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 and the FY 2011 Enacted…
House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee Update
In May, the House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee held two hearings: Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request NASA’s Commercial Cargo Providers: Are They Ready to Supply the Space Station in the Post-Shuttle Era?” In the first hearing on May 5, members of the Subcommittee voiced their concern that the request sought…