Report from Headquarters
Space Foundation Trains Chicago-Area Teachers
The Space Foundation delivered a week of Space Across the Curriculum programming for teachers and students in the suburban Chicago Lyons Township Consortium in June. The Consortium includes: Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181, LaGrange Highlands School District 106, LaGrange School District 102, LaGrange School District 105 South, Lyons Elementary School District 103, Lyons Township High School…
From Outer Space to the Internet
The Internet provides an abundance of space images – from video of the most recent launches to space news that made history. The following are among our favorites. For anyone who missed the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 last month, here’s a link to the CNN video. From YouTube see Stephen Colbert’s interview with Garrett Reisman on the International…
Space Technology in Your Hands
As smartphones and tablet computers grow ever more capable and popular, hardware and software designers are finding new ways to provide consumers with space-enabled services. Integration of these services into regular consumer devices means that more people are able to reap the benefits of space systems than ever before. The following excerpts contain some of…
Two Directors Inducted into Hall of Fame®
In a ceremony hosted by TV actor Jon Cryer, two Space Foundation directors were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® on June 5 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The two new inductees were: Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D., who is a Life Director for the Space Foundation Kathryn Thornton, Ph.D., who was recently elected to the Space Foundation Board of…
Budget Dominates June Space Activity in D.C.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) outlined key elements that will form the bipartisan foundation of his FY 2011 NASA funding authorization bill in a June 14 letter to Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science. The letter said the bill will: Outline the logistics and support necessary to…
Forum Addresses Space Weather Issues
Politicians, civil servants, academics, and private industry came together in Washington, D.C., on June 8 to discuss space applications for weather prediction and management. Panelists at the 2010 Space Weather Forum addressed the challenge of transitioning satellites from conducting pure research to performing operations, advocating a structured approach rather than today’s ad hoc approach to transition. They highlighted…
Task Force Website Seeks Comments
The Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development has launched an interactive website to encourage public comment on ways to promote economic growth and sustainability in Florida’s Space Coast region as it adapts to changes in America’s space program. According to NASA, the site offers “information about the work the administration is doing to…
Corporate Members Get Policy Updates
Frequent attendees at Congressional hearings, as well as policy presentations and meetings of U.S. government advisory panels, the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., staff routinely provides reports and analyses on policy issues to Space Foundation Corporate Members. So far in 2010, more than 20 reports have been sent to Corporate Members as an additional benefit to…
Certified Space Products Cleaning Gulf Oil Spill
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 1, 2010) — Space Foundation Space Certification partner Universal Remediation, Inc. (UniRem), of Pittsburgh, Pa., is playing a critical role in cleaning up oil in the Gulf of Mexico with its oil remediation products, BIO-BOOM® and Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP®). BIO-BOOM® is a fabric sleeve three inches in diameter by up…
Space Foundation Releases Analysis Comparing 2010 U.S. National Space Policy with 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 29, 2010) — The Space Foundation has released a report comparing the newly announced 2010 U.S. National Space Policy with the previous 2006 National Space Policy. Prepared by Space Foundation research analyst Mariel John, the report details what is different about the new policy and what areas are similar. Read the…