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Space News from Washington
During May, space-related subcommittees met, authorization acts were passed and strageic decisions were announced: Hearings The Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee held a hearing on May 11 entitled, Military Space Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program. Senators on the Subcommittee recognized several recently successful…
Boeing Grant Funds Robot Exhibition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 31, 2011) — The Space Foundation Discovery Institute hosted a unique robot exhibition this past Saturday when teachers and students from 12 schools along the Colorado Front Range participated in a robotics club seed program sponsored through a grant from The Boeing Company. Several months ago, 12 teachers were selected by the Space Foundation…
Outlast Wins Innovation Prize: Outlast® Polyester Fiber with PCM
HEIDENHEIM, Germany (May 31, 2011) – The technology company Outlast illustrates its innovative nature: The pioneer and market leader around temperature regulation phase change materials (PCM) impressed the international jury of Techtextil (International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens) and won the Techtextil Innovation Prize 2011 in the category “New Materials” for the development…
Horace Mann Insurance Awards Teacher Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 25, 2011) — On May 25, Dennis Jordan, of Horace Mann Insurance, presented North Middle School mathematics coach Jo Ann Davis with a scholarship to attend one of the Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum courses for free. Also at the presentation were Judy Hawkins, principal of North Middle School, and Bryan DeBates, director…
Pueblo-Area Educators Can Attend Free Space Foundation Course at CSU – Pueblo this Summer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 23, 2011) — Pueblo-area educators can learn how to use space themes in the classroom to improve their students’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) interest and skills — at absolutely no cost — by attending a “Lunar/Mars Exploration and Base Construction” course June 27 – July 1 at Colorado State…
Space Foundation Grants Certified Space Technology Status to Regenetech Inc.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 23, 2011) — The Space Foundation has designated Regenetech Inc.’s Intrifuge CellXpansion technology as a Certified Space Technology, following the product’s induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® earlier this year. The Space Foundation manages both the Space Certification program and the Space Technology Hall of Fame® to recognize…
Elliot Pulham Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 19, 2011) — On May 18, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the importance of a robust space program (the official topic of the hearing is THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPACE TO NATIONAL IMPERATIVES). The Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation is…
Space Foundation CEO Testifies on Importance of Space
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 18, 2011) — Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham is in Washington, D.C., today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the importance of a robust space program (the official topic of the hearing is THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPACE TO NATIONAL IMPERATIVES). The Colorado Springs-based Space…
Ceremony Celebrates Mars Yard Opening
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 18, 2011) — The Space Foundation launched its new Mars Yard today in a ceremony presented cooperatively with Colorado Springs School District 11 (D-11) and the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC). The new education lab is the latest addition to the Space Foundation Discovery Institute, which serves as the base location…
Space Foundation Launches Mars Yard
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May. 17, 2011) — A simulated Martian terrain and robotics laboratory is the newest addition to the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation will launch the new Mars Yard on May 18 in a ceremony presented cooperatively with Colorado Springs School District 11 (D-11) and the Colorado Springs…