Space Foundation News & Media
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending March 12, 2021

This week, we celebrate International Women’s Day by recognizing the women who have played key roles in space programs around the globe. In Washington, DC, the Senate and House passed one of Congress’s largest economic relief bills, a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, which President Biden is expected to sign on Friday. Article: The Race…
Space Foundation Names Danny’s Rocket Ranch as Space Certification Program Partner

Creative Partner Supports the Future of Space Travel With Dehydrated Space Food COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 10, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, today announced Danny’s Rocket Ranch as the most recent company to become a Space Certification partner in the Creative Products category for commitment to the future…
Ball Aerospace Completes Critical Design Review of Roman Space Telescope Instrument

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Mar. 9, 2021 — Ball Aerospace, partnered with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, successfully completed the critical design review of the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), which will be the primary science instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). “Now that we have passed…
Symposium 365 Digital Platform To Feature Satellite Market Sizing and Young Professional Engineering Panel Events

Sizing New Technology Impact on Satcom Markets, March 10 New Generation Space Leaders Panel – Engineering a Launch, March 24 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 8, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, today released the March schedule for Symposium 365, the premier source for media and events in the…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Brother Guy
Hi there. I’m Rich Cooper with the Space Foundation. And this is the Space4U podcast, a podcast designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today. I’m joined by Brother Guy with the society of Jesuits. Brother Guy’s the director of the Vatican Observatory and president of the…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Kavya Manyapu
Thank you for joining us on this Space4U podcast. My name is Colleen Parith with the Space Foundation. And today we are joined by Dr. Kavya. Manyapu a Boeing engineer, Dr. Kavya Manyapu is a space scientist working in flight crew operations and testing for the CST-100 star liner spacecraft. She is also a space…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Bill Ingalls
My name is Rich Cooper with the Space Foundation. And this is the Space4U podcast, a new effort by the Space Foundation to tell the stories of the amazing people who have made and continue to make the space adventure possible behind all the amazing science technology, engineering and mathematics are real people who bring…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Lou Ramon
Hello? Well, space adventurers, this is Colleen Parith with the Space Foundation, and we’re happy to have you join us for our brand-new space for you podcasts. This podcast is designed to share insights and experiences from the people that are making and have made our space adventure possible. Today, I am joined with Lou…
TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space selected by Maxar to supply TTEthernet network platform for NASA’s Gateway

TTTech Aerospace together with RUAG Space, a strong design and manufacturing partner, will provide the TTEthernet network platform for the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) for NASA’s Gateway being designed and built by Maxar PPE will be the main power source of Gateway, the orbiting cislunar outpost built by NASA and its many partners TTEthernet…
Space Foundation Names TheraLight, LLC as Space Certification Program Partner

LED-Based Technology Originally Developed for NASA Adapted as Noninvasive Treatment to Reduce Pain and Inflammation Technology originally developed for NASA plant growth experiments Therapy proven to improve medical care for astronauts on long-term space missions TheraLight adapted the concept into a 360-degree, full-body light therapy system COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 3, 2021 — Space…
