Education
Building a Workforce for the Future
The Space Foundation is helping to build an organic workforce for the future through teacher, student and community programs that use space themes to improve students’ interest and skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Its award-winning education team is made up of experienced, professional educators who are passionate about supporting the Space Foundation…
Volunteering Inspires New Venture
Space Foundation volunteer Ron Sparkman has founded UpportunityU.com, which has been named our newest Certified Space Imagination partner. UpportunityU.com seeks to spread science literacy and space advocacy via website and social media pages. Its mission is to share passion for space, science, and STEM/STEAM education to help inspire and educate the public at large. UpportunityU.com is…
Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra on the Wonders of Space Technology
What do Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson have in common? Their appreciation for space technology. In the early 1980s, the Space Foundation created a series of public service announcements (PSAs) to inform people about the many tangible benefits of NASA’s space program. The television spots showed how the benefits reach all facets of everyday life, from…
Space Technology Hall of Fame – Looking Back 30 Years
In 2017, the Space Foundation will celebrate 30 years of its Space Technology Hall of Fame®, and since 1988, 75 technologies have been inducted. Why is this of interest? Because every day, our lives are made easier, safer, healthier and better thanks to technology that was developed for use in space, then adapted for specific…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Gordon’s Orbital Garbage Disposal and Rocket Herding Service by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst On a mid-September morning in 1966, astronaut Richard Gordon started his day like most Americans: he took out the garbage. Instead of walking to the curb and tossing the bags into a can, he stood on his seat in his…
Tesla's Toolbox Returns for School Year
“Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain.” – Nikola Tesla The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology reported that the U.S. will produce 1 million fewer STEM professionals over the next decade than will be required to fill…
Plan Now to Join the 33rd Space Symposium’s New Generation Track
Hundreds of young space professionals participate in New Generation Space Leaders programs at the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium, held each April at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Designed for space professionals age 35 or younger, the New Generation program provides access to top space leaders, perspectives on industry developments and global space initiatives, insight…
Expanding the Horizons of New Generation Initiatives
by Bernadette Maisel, Space Foundation Director – Customer Relations and New Generation Program Lead In 2008, the Space Foundation created the New Generation Initiatives as a forum to foster meaningful, long-term peer relationships between space professionals aged 35 and younger, and to provide access to top space leaders for opportunities in career mentorship. Since its…
International Art Contest Inspires Thousands of Students Worldwide to Envision the Possibilities of Space
In 2010, artist Nancy Reed was hired by the Space Foundation for the new position of Director – Marketing. As an artist, Reed saw children’s love of art as a way for them to use imagination to envision space in their lives and in their future. What started in 2011 as a modest art contest…
Space Foundation Increases Participation at 67th International Astronautical Congress
This fall, the Space Foundation will send its largest delegation to the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30. Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will lead a team representing the Space Foundation’s policy, corporate services, customer relations and New Generation Space Leaders programs to conduct a number of special…