Education
Space Foundation Promotes STEAM at Mississippi State University
Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer Shelli Brunswick (pictured) and Vice President – Education Bryan DeBates were invited by Mississippi State University (MSU) to speak at the campus in April as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series. They were invited by MSU’s Women in Aerospace chapter. Brunswick is chair of the Board of the Directors for…
Nominations Open for Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame
May 31 is Deadline to Nominate a Colorado Space Hero The Space Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2017 Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame. Nominations are open through Wednesday, May 31. Introduced in 2016, the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame honors the astronauts, aerospace executives, government officials, scholars, and other public and…
33rd Space Symposium News Coverage Spans the Globe
Each year, the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium attracts reporters from around the world to cover the Symposium’s speakers, panels and presentations. International participation at the Symposium this year brought more international media than previous years. Below are a few examples of global space reporting from the 33rd Space Symposium. Gain insight into the fascinating life…
International Participation Grows at the Space Symposium
The 2017 Space Symposium proved to be the most international Symposium in the event’s 33-year history. Space leaders from more than 30 countries attended the Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium, participating as speakers, panelists and exhibitors, and with delegations representing China, France, Germany, Korea, Japan, Russia and the European Commission. Two of the featured speakers…
Grant from Keysight Technologies Foundation to Fund Summer Program Scholarships
Students will be launched into a memorable summer adventure with this critical scholarship support Thanks to a $9,000 grant from Keysight Technologies Foundation, the Space Foundation will offer 60 partial scholarships for underrepresented youth to attend one Explore Space Experience weekly session. In its second year, Explore Space Experience is designed and led by certified…
Virtual Field Trip-Seoul, StellarXplorers, Community Events and Raspberry Pi
The Space Foundation delivers its STEM and STEAM education outreach programs at its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, through in-person school visits across the U.S. and virtually to schools around the world. One of the education highlights during April was a Virtual Field Trip for the Dwight School in Seoul, South Korea. This is the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Guides Cassini on its Grand Finale at Saturn
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 27, 2017) – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft began the first in a series of dives through the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its rings on April 26 with the help of onboard bipropellant and monopropellant thrusters made by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). Over the next…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Qualification Tests on Reusable Engine to Support Next Era of Human Spaceflight from the United States
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 20, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has successfully completed hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system. The tests were conducted on Aerojet Rocketdyne’s MR-104J hydrazine…
Space Foundation Again Named Among 50 Best Nonprofit Organizations to Work For
Ranked 9th for Medium-sized Organizations and 16th Overall COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 13, 2017) – For the fourth time, the Space Foundation has been designated by The NonProfit Times and Best Companies Group as among the 50 Best Nonprofit Organizations to Work For in the United States, ranking 9th among medium-sized nonprofit organizations and ranked…
US Spacecraft Named After Indian Mission Specialist
‘S.S. Kalpana Chawla’ will be the name of the next Cygnus capsule manufactured by Northrop Grumman, a global company that specializes in defense technology and aerospace in the US. The company will be naming its brand new capsule in loving memory of India-born Kalpana Chawla, the brave mission specialist who lost her life onboard the…