Space Foundation News & Media
Introducing: Space Across the Curriculum
The Space Foundation’s popular Space Discovery Institute classes have been renamed Space Across the Curriculum. The new name better differentiates individual courses from the newly launched Space Foundation Discovery Institute on the campus of the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs. The name also better describes the content of the courses, which use space…
Field Day Incorporates STEM Lessons
The annual field day at Freedom Elementary School in Colorado Springs took on a new light this year when the Space Foundation presented workshops on sunlight to more than 250 children in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. In addition to the usual outdoor field day games, children learned about basic principles of light through…
Teachers Receive NASA Moon Materials Training
In September, the Space Foundation Discovery Institute at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs conducted a workshop for about 15 Colorado Springs School District 11 teachers so they could become certified to borrow lunar and meteorite samples from NASA. Colorado Springs educators from the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy, Galileo School of Mathematics and…
InDyne, Inc., is Newest Corporate Member
The Space Foundation welcomes InDyne, Inc., to our outstanding list of corporate members. Founded in 1984, InDyne, Inc. is a high-technology firm specializing in information technology, science and engineering, and technical and administrative services. InDyne’s mission is to provide cost-effective, high-quality services and solutions tailored to meet specific customer needs. Admitted into the Small Business Administration’s 8(a)…
Pulham Featured on Two Internet Radio Space Shows
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham is participating in two space-related Internet radio shows this month Space Talk with Jim Banke, Oct. 17: Pulham will discuss the upcoming Strategic Space Symposium, U.S. space programs, his views on the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee report and recommendations, and the Space Foundation’s September delegation…
Space Offers Solutions for Developing Nations
Some of the solutions to many developing nations’ social and economic woes might just come from the most unlikely place – outer space. Solutions from Space: Space Applications for International Development, a Space Foundation white paper released last month, says that the ability of space-based technology to overcome infrastructure and access issues might help solve previously…
D.C. Awaits Full Space Flight Commission Report
As we proceed into the autumn, much of the focus of the space policy community in Washington, D.C., has been absorbing and digesting the recently released Executive Summary report from the committee on the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans. Both the House of Representatives and Senate have already held oversight hearings on the…
U.S. and Europe to Cooperate on Space
NASA has signed a number of agreements to facilitate cooperation between the United States and Europe on matters relating to space. A memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency (ESA) signed last month allows NASA and ESA to exchange technical information and personnel, which will aid the eventual development of new space transportation systems.…
Space Growth Can Build Overall National Capacity
Creating a locally grown space program could be a key to development and growth for low-income countries, according to one of two papers being presented this month by Space Foundation Research Analyst Mariel John at the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Daejeon, South Korea. Using the Nigerian space program as a case study, John looked at the…
Space Could Stop Epidemics
One of two papers presented by Space Foundation Research Analyst Mariel John this month at the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Daejeon, South Korea, examines the technical, programmatic, and political requirements for implementing an operational program to use remote sensing for disease prevention in Nigeria. With a fast-growing economy and a population of more…