Space Foundation News & Media
Shepard Award Winner Inspires Students
Already an inspiration to students, Ricardo V. Soria touched the 25th National Space Symposium Opening Ceremony audience with his moving acceptance of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award, in which he thanked the Space Foundation and encouraged other organizations to provide resources teachers need to continue to motivate and educate students. Assistant principal of…
Education Programs Focus on Building Space Leaders of Tomorrow
As big and exciting as the National Space Symposium is, many attendees don’t realize that there’s a parallel universe of educational activities going on throughout – and even after – the main event. Throughout the week, more than 100 teachers and administrators, 1,500 school children and about 200 college students benefited from the premier global…
What’s Next? Space Business Forum: New York on June 4
Registration is open for the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York on Thursday, June 4, 2009, at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City. Created for Wall Street analysts, investment bankers, institutional advisors, and high-risk insurers, the Forum provides a meaningful exchange with industry leaders about aerospace and defense financing and the…
Space Foundation Releases The Space Report 2009; Reveals Industry Growth to $257 Billion in Global Space Revenues
According to The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, released by the Space Foundation on the first day of the 25th National Space Symposium, overall worldwide space revenues grew nearly 2.5 percent in 2008, rising to $257 billion. This, despite a tough world economy The definitive overview of the global space…
Space Foundation Launches Two New Indexes
The Space Foundation has for the past several years provided the definitive gauge of industry performance with the Space Foundation Index, which tracks the market performance of 29 public companies that derive a significant amount of their revenue from space-related assets and activities. This year, in conjunction with the release of The Space Report 2009:…
Washington Report
On March 12, the Space Foundation hosted a meeting of the Space Foundation Correspondents Group (SFCG) featuring famed Astrophysicist, Author, and Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph. D., who spoke about the need for a grand vision for space that will inspire and attract the most talented minds to science and engineering.…
Space Foundation's The Space Report 2009 Reveals Industry Growth to $257 Billion in Global Space Revenues for 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 30, 2009) — Despite the tumultuous world economy, 2008 was a year of extraordinary events and economic growth for the space industry, according to The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. 2008 was marked by a number of space firsts and by growth in overall worldwide revenues.…
China's Shenzhou 7 Manned Space Flight Team to Receive Space Achievement Award at 25th National Space Symposium;
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 27, 2009) — China’s Shenzhou 7 Manned Space Flight Team, which packed a number of “firsts” for the Chinese space program into a single mission, will receive the 2009 Space Achievement Award from the Space Foundation on March 30 during the opening ceremony of the 25th National Space Symposium in Colorado…
More than 20 Companies Participate in the 25th National Space Symposium Space Career Fair
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 25, 2009) — The outlook for landing a well-paid professional position in space and aeronautics is stronger than many other career fields – good news for job seekers in this difficult economy. More than 20 companies and institutions will be available to prospective hires at the Space Career Fair, from 8:30…
25th National Space Symposium Blasts Off Next Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 23, 2009) — Register Now! The premier annual gathering of the global space community, the 25th National Space Symposium, is set to begin next week. The symposium offers an outstanding program consisting of spectacular special events, prominent speakers, timely panels, and innovative education activities. Themed The Next Space Age, the four-day…