Report from Headquarters
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…
Air Force Budget Request Calls for Space Superiority
The House Armed Service Committee held a hearing Feb. 18 on the Air Force’s FY 2012 budget request, which includes $11.6 billion for space superiority efforts. The requests for Air Force space programs includes: $1.138 billion for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles $987 million for Space-Based Infrared System $2.292 billion for Advanced Extremely High Frequency $281…
Space Foundation Creates New Scholarship for Pinellas County Educators
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 24, 2011) — 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…
ISU Space Education Fund Launched with Flag Commemoration on Space Shuttle
Strasbourg, France (Feb. 23, 2011) — The Kalpana Chawla International Space University Scholarship Fund announces that NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott, launching aboard the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 this month, will fly with her a flag commemorating India-born NASA Astronaut Dr. Kalpana Chawla and the new scholarship fund established in her name. In…
Aerojet Propulsion Maneuvers Second ATV Vehicle to ISS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 23, 2011) — Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that ESA Spacecraft PR6-2011 (Johannes Kepler) — the second of five European Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) — successfully launched aboard the European expendable launch system, Ariane 5, out of Kourou in French Guiana. For the ATV mission, Aerojet delivered four model…