Report from Headquarters
Kroger Donates Packaging for Classroom Projects
Kroger is donating 1,000 foam trays to the Space Foundation for use in classroom projects. The trays, which are used for packaging groceries, such as for produce and meat, are among the many household materials incorporated into Space Foundation education projects. The trays can be cut and used as fins for various styles of rockets because…
Teachers Use New AGI Space Missions Simulator
Thanks to a multi-million dollar donation from Analytical Graphics, Inc., (AGI), teachers in this summer’s Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum classes were among the first to use the new AGI Space Missions Simulator at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. AGI, headquartered in Exton, Pa., donated software, licensing, and new computer equipment…
Free Classroom Materials for Teachers
A year-round feature of the Space Foundation Discovery Institute is the Educator Resource Center (ERC), which houses a library, STEM education store, and a supply of free classroom materials for PreK-12 teachers. The ERC provides a variety of free classroom materials for PreK-12 educators, including educational guides, lithographs, classroom posters, bookmarks, and many other educational supplies. Educators may…
Space Foundation Supports STEM Education
In keeping with its mission to “advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable, and propel humanity,” the Space Foundation believes that future success in space depends on an educated workforce, and now is the time to build that workforce through STEM education. “We focus on teachers because by training teachers we reach a much larger audience…
Former Space Foundation Board Member Dies
William H. Hudson, who served on the Space Foundation Board of Directors from 1994-2001, died July 27 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hudson was born July 9, 1930, in Perry, Mo., and grew up in Mexico, Mo. An Eagle Scout, he served two summers on the staff of Philmont, the national Boy Scout ranch in Cimarron, N.M. After graduating from Mexico…
NASA Looking for Education Partners
NASA is looking for organizations interested in participating in its Summer of Innovation (SoI) project, which engages middle school students in intensive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences that will have an impact on their academic performance, coursework, degree programs, and, eventually, career paths. SoI partners, which may include for-profit companies, universities, other academic institutions, libraries, informal or nonprofit organizations, professional…
Space Bills Occupy D.C.
During July, Congress was focused heavily on the future of the nation’s space policy as space authorization and space appropriation bills came to vote. Authorization bills detail how the various committees believe funds should be spent and generally play a major role in shaping the final allotment of funds. With the controversy in Washington over…
Deterrence, Policy are Space Power Lecture Topics
The United States’ ever-increasing dependence on space and cyber capabilities in a highly “contested environment” was the main topic of discussion when Dr. James Miller, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, spoke to industry and government space leaders at a Space Power Lecture Breakfast last month on Capitol Hill. The event was hosted…
Space Foundation Amazes Guests
“Wow… “There really is a larger universe out there and bigger things than just what we focus on day-to-day. You really sparked my interest and imagination. Thanks for doing this.” That’s a comment from one of the attendees of a Space Foundation breakfast held July 15 in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Ronald Greeley and Dr.…
Marquez, Panel Address U.S. Space Policy
On July 22, the Space Foundation and the Global Technology Institute held a discussion on the recently released U.S. Space Policy featuring keynote speaker Peter Marquez, director of space policy for the National Security Council. Marquez, who is responsible for development and oversight of the President’s space policies, said the administration is trying to maintain/re-focus…