Report from Headquarters
Sign Up Now for Teacher Professional Development
Teachers, sign up now to earn professional development credit and spend a week this summer in beautiful Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses focus on national standards and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles. These full-day, week-long classes are held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute, 105 Coleridge Ave., Colorado Springs. And…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Members
The Space Foundation’s cadre of corporate member companies has grown to 112. Corporate members choose from one of five levels of membership – which offer an increasing number of benefits per level. Key benefits include: Frequent public/industry recognition as a Space Foundation corporate member Notification of significant marketing and business development opportunities Information and reports on…
Apply for Lucy Enos Scholarship by April 15
There is still time for educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, to apply for the Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for a qualified Hawaiian educator through the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship, which covers tuition,…
New Scholarship for Pinellas County Educators
The Space Foundation announces a new scholarship specifically for educators in Pinellas County, Fla. The Dr. Catherine Pedretty Space Scholarship for Teachers was established by the Space Foundation on Dec. 8, 2010, to create special professional development opportunities for teachers currently teaching in the Pinellas County Schools, and especially for teachers at Dunedin High School…
Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams Wins Award
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams has been awarded the Space Center Houston third annual Cherri Brinley Space Science Educator Award. The award was presented at the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) in Houston last month. Cherri Brinley was a Houston-area educator and space enthusiast who shared her passion for space science with students and fellow educators. She died…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM Through STARS
The Space Foundation’s education programs support teachers and PreK-12 students with standards-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into all content areas. One of its primary outreach programs is STARS (Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space), a hands-on science enrichment program for students based on participant schools’ specific academic needs. From…
Internet Provides Links to Space Information
This month’s space Internet links include: A Wall Street Journal article that shows that the “next generation will not be ready to be world-class inventors, doctors and engineers;” click here Information about the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award’s namesake from BBC News; click here; to read about the award, click here 3D images of the…
Space Foundation Presents at ISU Symposium
Each year, the International Space University (ISU) organizes a three-day symposium addressing a topical theme from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. These symposia attract audiences of around 200 members of the space sector from agencies, industry and academia worldwide. The theme of this year’s 15th ISU Annual International Symposium was “The International Space Station: Maximizing…
Budget Request Proposes Freeze, Affects NASA, NOAA
President Barack Obama released his FY 2012 budget request to Congress on Feb. 14, proposing a freeze on non-security discretionary spending, which includes funds for NASA and NOAA. The $18.7 billion requested to fund NASA is the same amount the agency received in 2010 and is currently operating under. The Space Foundation’s analysis of the…
DoD Releases National Security Space Strategy
On Feb. 4 the Department of Defense (DoD) released its long-awaited 10-year National Security Space Strategy (NSSS), which, according to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, “represents a significant departure from past practice” with a pragmatic approach to maintain advantages derived from space while confronting the new challenges of an increasingly “congested, contested and competitive” space…