Education
Apply Now To Become a Space Foundation International Teacher Liaison
Application deadline: Oct. 30, 2021 Program has provided new skills/strategies to 300-plus global members since 2004 Educators connect with peers who use space-inspired education in the classroom COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 30, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that it is accepting…
Space Foundation Names Ad Astra Media Newest Space Certification Partner
Company Shares Content Through Multiple Media Outlets To Reach Diverse Young Audiences COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sept. 20, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that Ad Astra Media, a Latino-owned STEAM media company, is the organization’s newest Space Certification Partner. Space Foundation’s Space…
Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument on NASA’s Landsat 9 Satellite Launches Successfully
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 27, 2021 — The Ball Aerospace-built Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) instrument successfully launched today aboard Landsat 9, the latest in a series of joint missions between NASA and the United States Geological Society (USGS) that has provided essential monitoring of key natural and economic resources from orbit for nearly 50 years.…
Space Foundation To Join Annual World Space Week Celebrations With Virtual and In-Person Events
Events daily, beginning Monday, Oct. 4 and extending through Oct. 10 Homeschool Days return in-person, featuring the launch of the Lucy Mission Discovery Center visitors all receive a free 3D-printed, space-themed miniature COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Sept. 27, 2021 – Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today…
Megan Wenrich Interview with Vered Cohen Barzilay, Founder and CEO of Out of the Box
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending September 24, 2021
This week in Washington, the House passed the 61st consecutive National Defense Authorization Act, General Jay Raymond revealed the new Space Force Uniforms as well as the “Guardian Ideal,” and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Jim Free as the first lead of a new Mission Directorate overseeing the Artemis Mission. Symposium 365 Upcoming Event World…
Space4U Podcast: Jay Chattaway, longtime Star Trek series music and score composer
In this episode: We meet Jay Chattaway, an Emmy award-winning composer who has been nominated nine times for his work in television, particularly for the hit Star Trek series. In addition to his television work, Jay has composed scores for more than 30 feature films. Chattaway is also the producer of many Grammy-winning music projects,…
Successful Test Demonstrates Aerojet Rocketdyne Arkansas Site Ready to Produce Large Solid Rocket Motors
CAMDEN, Ark., Sept. 22, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne recently conducted a solid rocket motor test firing that demonstrated the successful transition of large solid rocket motor mix, cast and test operations from Sacramento, California, to its Camden, Arkansas, site. “Aerojet Rocketdyne continues to advance its decades of work delivering large solid rocket motors, leveraging new facilities…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Jay Chattaway
Hi, this is Rich Cooper with Space Foundation and this is the Space4U podcast — conversations with the men and women who make today’s space community what it is: A big, bold, adventurous place where creativity and energy are all around. I’m joined today by Jay Chattaway, who is an Emmy award-winning composer, having been…