Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Expands its Educator Professional Development Programs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 21, 2010) — The Space Foundation is delivering two teacher professional development classes in Colorado this week, including one specially designed for teachers of very young children. The class is offered through a new partnership between the Space Foundation and Colorado State University (CSU) – Pueblo and gives teachers of very young children…
Space Across the Curriculum Rocketry Class Concludes with Avion Launch
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 18, 2010) — The last day of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum rocketry class began with an outdoor launch of chemical rockets. It was a breezy morning in Colorado Springs, so Friday’s launch included an additional lesson on the effects of wind. With a view overlooking Garden of the Gods, the…
Space Foundation Class Studies Rocketry
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 17, 2010) — During a week of full-day, graduate level studies, 13 teachers from four states are designing and launching rockets in the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development class, “Rocketry: The Future of Human Space Exploration.” The lessons include a variety of rockets and both indoor and outdoor launches. The class…
Teachers Become Students for a Week in Rocketry Class
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 15, 2010) — Thirteen teachers from four states are spending this week in the classroom as students learning rocketry lessons to take back to their classes in the fall. “Rocketry: The Future of Human Space Exploration,” is a Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development program held at the Space Foundation Discovery…
Two Space Foundation Directors are Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame®
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 9, 2010) — On June 5, Space Foundation directors Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D., and Kathryn Thornton, Ph.D., along with Capt. Kenneth D. Bowersox, USN (Retired), and Capt. Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Retired), were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® at a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.…
Space Foundation Participates in Beijing Conference, Continues Engagement with CSA and CMSEO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 7, 2010) — Space Foundation Senior Vice President Steve Eisenhart spent the past week in China participating in a number of significant space events. While in Beijing, he participated in the Global Lunar Conference sponsored by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA). The conference featured…
Space Foundation Congratulates SpaceX on Falcon 9 Launch
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 4, 2010) — The Space Foundation congratulates SpaceX on today’s successful test launch of the Falcon 9 rocket. “This is an amazing accomplishment that signals a new era in space transportation,” said Space Foundation Chief Executive Office Elliot Pulham. “We have long predicted that commercial space flight would take off; it…
Space Foundation to Deliver Astronomy Courses for Seven Suburban Chicago School Districts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 2, 2010) — The Space Foundation, one of the nation’s top providers of space-related educational programs, will deliver a week of Space Across the Curriculum programming for teachers and students in the suburban Chicago Lyons Township Consortium, June 14-18. The Consortium includes: Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181, LaGrange Highlands School…
Bennett Fights Ares Cancellation
On May 12, the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed FY 2011 Air Force budget. Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) continued to fight against President Barack Obama’s proposed plan to cancel the development of the Ares rocket. Sen. Bennett charged the Obama administration with failing to adequately engage the Department of Defense…
Moon-Walkers Voice Opposition to NASA Budget
The first and last Americans to walk on the Moon voiced their opposition to the president’s proposed plan for NASA’s exploration program at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing May 12 on The Future of U.S. Human Space Flight. Witnesses included: Dr. John P. Holdren, director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Maj.…