Education
How to Support STEM Education through CFC Giving
Space Foundation’s CFC number is 71807 The Space Foundation is honored to be a participating charity in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the official workplace giving campaign of the Federal government. If you are a member of the U.S. military, a federal or civilian employee, or a postal worker, you can give to us through…
World Space Week Takes Over the Space Foundation Discovery Center, Oct. 4 – 10
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2017) – The United Nations declared in 1999, that Oct. 4 through Oct. 10 each year would be recognized as World Space Week, a time “to celebrate at the international level, the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.” The Space Foundation plans to do just that…
Inspire Future Generations by Sponsoring the International Student Art Contest
The Space Foundation’s International Student Art Contest was launched in 2011 to inspire children around the world to envision the possibilities and adventures to be found in space. The contest quickly grew from 150 entries the first year — mostly from the Space Foundation’s home state of Colorado — to more than 7,200 entries from 52…
Visit Both Space Foundation Booths at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow
The Pikes Peak Regional Airshow opens today, Sept. 23, in Colorado Springs, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and Warbirds, as well as aerobatic teams and more than 30 vintage aircraft. Look for the Space Foundation booth in the Airshow’s KidZone. Admission to the KidZone is free with Airshow admission. Activities at the Space Foundation…
Space Foundation Brings STEM Fun for Kids to the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 14, 2017) – The Space Foundation will offer hands-on STEM activities for children at its booth at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow, to be held in Colorado Springs, Sept. 23 and 24. The activities are designed to introduce children of all ages and skill levels to basic concepts of science, technology,…
L3 Electron Devices to Provide Next-Generation TWTAs to Space Systems Loral
TORRANCE, Calif., (Sept. 11, 2017) – L3 Electron Devices announced today that it was selected to provide its next-generation Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) to Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems. The new L3 TWTA provides high-power signal amplification and significantly expands SSL’s High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity. “This…
Support Space Technology
Every summer, the Space Foundation solicits nominations for induction into its Space Technology Hall of Fame® for the coming year. In addition to affording innovators much-deserved recognition, this program serves to encourage further innovation. Created by the Space Foundation in 1988, the Space Technology Hall of Fame recognizes the life-changing technologies emerging from global space…
Space Technology & Investment Forum Continues Today in San Francisco
The Space Foundation’s third Space Technology & Investment Forum concludes today in San Francisco. Attendees have been participating in the two-day conference as technical experts, advisors, mentors and service providers to facilitate new business ventures and bring big ideas to fruition. Successful space industry CEOs and founders of new space startups shared their experiences about…
Space Technology & Investment Forum Convenes Today in San Francisco
The Space Foundation’s third Space Technology & Investment Forum opened today in San Francisco, bringing together top venture capitalists and angel investors with space industry experts to explain the technical, legal and business issues critical to market analysis and risk assessment. Today’s program began with comments by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Tom Zelibor. Featured…
More than 1,000 Visitors Attend Space Foundation Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
An hour before the doors opened for the Space Foundation’s Solar Eclipse Party, people began to gather outside of the Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, eagerly awaiting the chance to score last-minute eclipse viewing glasses and to stake out the perfect spot to watch the once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse. Less than an hour after opening, the…