New Generation Initiatives
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lockheed Martin Launches Generation Beyond Mars Experience Tour
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 24, 2016) – The Space Foundation and Lockheed Martin invite Colorado news media and the public to take a trip to Mars on the first virtual reality vehicle designed to inspire the next generation of students to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Lockheed Martin is bringing its Generation Beyond…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of AFSPC-6 Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 19, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), supported the successful launch of two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites into orbit to help detect and track space objects as part of the Air Force Space Command-6 (AFSPC-6) mission. The mission was launched from…
RS-25 Engine Test Advances SLS Progress and the Journey to Mars
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 18, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully completed additional testing of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 development engine 0528, at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi earlier today. The engine ran for a duration of 420 seconds over power ranges from 80 to…
Space Foundation’s Seventh Annual International Student Art Contest Open for Submissions
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 18, 2016) – The Space Foundation is seeking talented, creative student artists from around the world, ages 3 to 18 years, to enter its seventh annual International Student Art Contest. Children may draw, paint or create a digital mixed media image for the 2017 contest theme “Space Through My Eyes…” The deadline…
Space Technology & Investment Forum Concludes Aug. 17 with StartUp Showcase
The Space Foundation’s second annual Space Technology & Investment Forum will wind up today in San Franciso with a StartUp Showcase Reception for all participants. Forum attendees can learn more about the featured startups, while also networking with some of the most innovative, insightful and visionary individuals from the investment sectors of space and technology.…
Space Foundation Launches Space Technology & Investment Forum
The Space Foundation’s two-day by-invitation Space Technology & Investment Forum opened in San Francisco this morning, 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. Successful space industry CEOs and founders of new space startups are sharing…