Space Foundation News & Media
Volunteer Spotlight: Joey Heiny
These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could not do the work that we do without the generous and tireless support of our volunteers. This week, we are featuring Space Foundation Discovery Center volunteer Joey Heiny. Joey currently attends Air Academy High School…
Space4U Podcast: Tom Smokov & Craig Fairclough, Water Pure Technologies
In this episode: We meet Tom Smokov, Cofounder and CEO, and Craig Fairclough, President, of Water Pure Technologies. Over the past 25 years, Smokov’s entrepreneurial vision has driven innovations in the way water is treated and filtered. He’s worked with federal, state, and international water quality codes, and his research has been focused on the development…
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending April 23, 2021
This week, the world celebrated Earth Day, and NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully took its first of five scheduled flights on Mars. Later in the week, the Senate held a confirmation hearing for former Senator Bill Nelson to be the next NASA Administrator, and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. Also this week,…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Tom Smokoff-Craig Fairclough
Hello, I’m Carah Barbarick with the Space Foundation, and you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today we are joined by Tom Smokoff and Craig Fairclough. Tom Smokoff is the co-founder and CEO of Water Pure Technologies, Inc. …
Space Foundation CEO Statement on the Successful First Flight of the NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 19, 2021 — Tom Zelibor, CEO of Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, issued the following statement today on the successful first flight of the NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. “Today’s flight of the NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a true milestone in aviation and aeronautics history. The…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Alan Ladwig, Pt. 2
Hello. I am Colleen Kiernan with the Space Foundation, and you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. This podcast completes our prior episode, a conversation with Space Foundation’s Rich Cooper and Alan Ladwig, author “See You in Orbit: Our…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Alan Ladwig, Pt. 1
Hello, I’m Andrew de Naray with the Space Foundation, and you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. This podcast completes our prior episode, a conversation with former NASA astronaut and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, retired, Digger Carey. We…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Paul Francis
Hello and welcome to the Space4U podcast, a podcast to tell the stories of, and have the conversations with the people who continue to drive the space economy and make space exploration possible. My name is Kelly Kedis-Ogborn, and I’m thrilled to have Paul Francis, the founder and CEO of OYO fitness join us today.…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Digger Carey, Pt. 2
Hello, I’m Andrew de Naray with the Space Foundation, and you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. This podcast completes our prior episode, a conversation with former NASA astronaut and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, retired, Digger Carey. We…
Space4U Podcast: Tracy Fanara – NOAA Scientist/Program Manager & ‘Inspector Planet’
In this episode: We meet environmental engineer Dr. Tracy Fanara, a research scientist and program manager at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where she works with other scientists and engineers from around the world to understand and forecast Earth systems. Before joining NOAA, Tracy managed the Environmental Health research program at Mote Marine…