Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Selects 38 New Teacher Liaisons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2011) — The Space Foundation has selected 38 outstanding educators for its 2011 Flight of Teacher Liaisons. The teachers were selected for their active promotion of space and science education. Drawn from 37 different schools in 19 states, the new Teacher Liaisons will serve as advocates for space science education…
Aerojet Engines Power Japanese HTV Mission to International Space Station
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the second Japanese re-supply vehicle, HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV) – named KOUNOTORI2, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The HTV was launched on Saturday, Jan. 22 aboard an H-IIB vehicle…
Space Foundation Partners with CSU-Pueblo for Space Exploration Seminar
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 24, 2011) — The Space Foundation supports teachers and PreK-20 students with a comprehensive experiential, cross-curricular, standards-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) into all content areas. In that spirit, the Space Foundation is co-hosting “The Space Exploration Seminar” in cooperation with Colorado State University (CSU) – Pueblo…
Hirofumi Katase Will Represent Japanese Space Program at 27th National Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2011) — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2011) — Contributing a perspective on the Japanese space program at the 27th National Space Symposium, will be featured speaker Hirofumi Katase, deputy secretary-general for the Cabinet Secretariat, Secretariat Headquarters for Space Policy, Government of Japan. The 27th National Space Symposium is the…
Announcing the Space Foundation Art Contest
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2011) — New to the National Space Symposium for 2011 is an art contest with the theme, “Human Space Travel in the Year 2020.” Students in PreK-12th grade are invited to enter the contest, co-sponsored by ARES Corporation, Fisher Space Pen Co. and the Space Foundation. Grand prize and first place winners…
Space Foundation Board of Directors Adds Three New Members
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2011) — Several changes were made to the Space Foundation’s Board of Directors at the organization’s annual meeting yesterday as three new members were added and two retired. The new board members are Gary W. Ervin, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems; James Maser, president of…
27th National Space Symposium Will Feature NASA Optimus Prime Contest Winners
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2011) — NASA has opened online voting for its Optimus Prime Spinoff Award student video contest. The public is invited to vote for its favorite videos, made by students in grades three through eight, developed to help educate America’s youth about the benefits of NASA’s technologies. A panel of NASA…
2010 Was the Biggest Christmas Ever for NORAD
NORAD Tracks Santa, which is designated by the Space Foundation as a Certified Imagination ProductTM, logged a record number of phone calls and emails on Christmas Eve 2010. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) runs the program, which for more than 50 years has tracked Santa and provided updates to children around the world.…
Space Foundation Designated an Enterprise Zone
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 14, 2011) — As part of the planned move to a new headquarters facility in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation has been designated as an El Paso County (Colo.) Enterprise Zone project. This means that contributions of $250 to $100,000 made to the Space Foundation are now eligible for a 25…
Gen. James Cartwright is Featured Speaker at 27th National Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 12, 2011) — Gen. James Cartwright, USMC, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s second-highest-ranking military officer, will speak at the 27th National Space Symposium. He joins a slate of high-level industry, military, civil space and academic speakers at the premier gathering of space professionals, which…