Education
Space Foundation Partners with Project PoSSUM to Provide Immersive Astronautics Education
The Space Foundation is partnering with Project PoSSUM to offer the PoSSUM Academy upper-atmospheric and astronautics education program in 2017. The program, designed by upper atmospheric scientists and former NASA astronaut instructors, is an immersive education program for high-school and undergraduate students. PoSSUM Academy students learn about upper-atmospheric science and astronautics as they prepare for…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
The First Astronauts of Apollo by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst In between September’s mission success of Gemini XI and the last scheduled Gemini mission in November 1966, NASA, in October, brought more public focus on the astronauts who would be flying the first mission of the Apollo project. Initially announced as the prime…
Space Foundation STEM Activities Celebrate World Space Week
“Remote Sensing — Enabling our Future” is the theme for World Space Week 2016, held annually October 4-10. The Space Foundation is a proud sponsor of World Space Week, and will offer activities celebrating achievements in space and in support of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On Oct. 5, the Space Foundation will invite…
Space on the Field, in the Air and on the Ground
John Madden, today a name most recognized with Madden NFL video games, was previously well-known for his football career — playing, coaching and as a color commentator. Madden also has a well-known fear of flying. In this Space Foundation PSA from the early 1980’s, this “ground lover” chats with the first man to break the…
Recent Space-related Activity on the Hill
by Charles A. Harris, Space Foundation Manager – Washington Operations Congress returned from August recess on Sept. 6, following the Labor Day weekend. The House Space Subcommittee went straight to work, holding a hearing on the afternoon of Sept. 7, entitled “Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating Innovation and Leadership.” The hearing discussion focused on the state…
Registration Begins this Month for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Winston A. Beauchamp, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, and Director, Principal Department of Defense Space Advisor Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., will be a featured speaker for the Space Foundation’s new classified one-day space conference, the Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, to be held in the greater Washington, D.C., area in…
Space Foundation Photos from the 67th International Astronautical Congress
The Space Foundation is continually expanding its global horizons, connecting with space leaders and customers from around the world at a varity of events, including the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30. Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham (pictured below) led the largest team to attend the IAC from the Space…
Cape Canaveral New Gen Party Kicks Off World Space Week
New Generation space professionals will launch World Space Week at a Kick Off Party at Florida Beer Company, 200 Imperial Blvd., Cape Canaveral, on Monday, Oct. 3, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Space professionals age 35 years or younger are invited to join the Florida space community in a tailgate party to launch the largest annual…
New Generation Spotlight: Women in Aerospace
This new series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and…
Space Foundation Launches Quarterly New Generation Networking in Washington, D.C.
In September, the Space Foundation partnered with Women in Aerospace (WIA), Women in Defense and the Space Generation Advisory Council to host a joint New Generation networking reception at Airbus Group Government Relations and Experience Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to providing the spectacular venue, host Airbus Group, a Space Foundation Contributing Member, also provided beverages…