Space Foundation News & Media
New Space-Based Product Keeps Body Hydrated
In yet another example of the ways space inventions make life on Earth better, a Boulder, Colo., firm has launched a rehydration product that helps prevent loss of body fluids during heavy exercise, heat exposure and illness. Originally developed by NASA Ames Research Center to keep astronauts at peak performance during missions, the electrolyte concentrate…
Space Foundation Teaming with Local School District to Create Space-Focused Middle School
The Space Foundation is teaming with Colorado School District 11 (D-11) in its hometown of Colorado Springs to revitalize a failing middle-school by transforming it into an aerospace academy. The new school, which is named Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in honor of former astronaut and Colorado native John L. “Jack” Swigert, will open this fall…
Call for Nominations: Space Technology Hall of Fame is Looking for Innovations
Do you know of a technology developed for space that now improves life on this planet? Nominate it for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2010. The program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that improve life on Earth. Nomination information, including online and…
MBA From Space!
A dozen participants from 10 different countries, including the Space Foundation’s Vice President – Education Iain Probert, have completed the first stage of the International Space University’s new Executive MBA program, which merges the specificities of a traditional MBA with space applications. The 18-month program includes both distance learning and four two-week residential “modules.” The…
The Space Report 2009 Can Be Yours!
Become a space expert: get your copy of The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity today! And, now, the Space Foundation’s new website, www.TheSpaceReport.org, makes previewing and ordering The Space Report easier than ever. A wide-ranging view of space activity throughout the world each year, The Space Report 2009 is packed…
Space Foundation Participates in United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Meeting
The Space Foundation participated as a Private Sector Advisor as part of the United States delegation to the 52d. Meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held June 3-12 at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria. Established as a permanent committee in 1959 with just 24 members,…
Thank You to Space Business Forum: New York Supporters!
The Space Foundation sends a special THANK YOU to the sponsors that supported Space Business Forum: New York, presented by the Space Foundation in association with Toffler Associates, on June 4 in New York City: Toffler Associates AVIATION WEEK Braxton Technologies, LLC GMV Space Systems Inc. ISDR Consulting Lockheed Martin Near Earth, LLC “We…
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Report from Washington
On June 24, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the Secure World Foundation, hosted a discussion and briefing on space weapons for congressional staff. See related story in this issue of Space Watch. On June 17, the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, chartered to examine NASA’s human spaceflight plans and programs, held…
Space Foundation to Co-Sponsor Global Space Development Summit
Participants at this fall’s 2nd Global Space Development Summit, organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in partnership with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Space Foundation and the Chinese Society for Astronautics, will examine critical developments on issues of space exploration and Earth observations. Scheduled for Nov. 12-13 in Washington,…