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If you want to know what’s happening in space, you can check the Space Foundation’s daily News Clips. Just go to www.SpaceFoundation.org and check out the left-hand column. Click on the article you want to read under the In the News banner. Or, you can click to subscribe to the RSS feeds from the posting. Whichever…
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,…
Briefing Keeps Staffers Informed on Space Weapons
The Space Foundation and the Secure World Foundation co-hosted a standing-room-only policy briefing on space weapons June 24 in Washington, D.C. The audience comprised primarily congressional staff, representing the House and the Senate at both an office and a committee level. Other attendees included representatives from a number of major aerospace companies. Space Foundation Vice…
Space Discovery Institute Classes Continue in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 30, 2009) — Teachers in the Space Foundation’s Space Discovery Institute have been studying a variety of subjects this summer including extremophile organisms, those that thrive in extreme conditions. Their study included field trips to Cave of the Winds and Fountain Creek, both in Manitou Springs, Colo. At Fountain Creek the…
Space Foundation Participates in Space MBA Program
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 29, 2009) — 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…
Briefing Keeps Staffers Informed on Space Weapons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 26, 2009) — The Space Foundation and the Secure World Foundation co-hosted a standing-room-only policy briefing on space weapons earlier this week in Washington, D.C. The audience comprised primarily congressional staff, representing the House and the Senate at both an office and a committee level. Other attendees included representatives from a…
Feel Like an Astronaut Disoriented
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 25, 2009) — Teachers participating in the Space Foundation Space Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., are learning about space science first-hand, including the effects of space travel on the human body. One exercise involves the Barany Chair, which simulates spatial disorientation by spinning the occupant. It was invented to train…
Space Foundation Seeking Space Technology Hall of Fame Nominations; August 10 is Deadline
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 23, 2009) — The Space Foundation is now seeking nominations 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 downloadable nomination forms, is…
The Space Report 2009 can be yours!
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 22, 2009) — Become a space expert: get your copy of The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity today! See an overview at http://thespacereport.org The Space Foundation has been publishing The Space Report since 2006. This year’s version has 20 additional pages and new features two new financial…