Space Foundation Press Releases
Statement on the Nomination of Bill Nelson as the Next NASA Administrator
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 19, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, today announced it is encouraged by the nomination of the Honorable Bill Nelson of Florida by President Biden to be the next Administrator of NASA. As the past months and years have shown, today’s global space ecosystem is…
Shelli Brunswick Interview with Bill Kemp
You’re currently the Founder and CEO of United Space Structures, a fascinating venture that designs and constructs habitable environments for space. May I walk back in time with you to see how you came to be involved in this innovative undertaking? What was your first job out of college? I graduated in 1980 and…
Shelli Brunswick Interview with Venus Quates of LAUNCHTECH
Hello and welcome to another Space Foundation Space Commerce entrepreneurship interview. I’m Shelly Brunswick. I’m the Chief Operating Officer at the Space Foundation and today it’s my privilege to talk with Venus Quates. Hello Venus! Hello, how are you? I’m fantastic, it’s good to hear from you today. Let me tell our audience…
Bernadette Maisel Interview with Abraham Akinwale
I’m honored to be joined today by Abraham Akinwale, who is an alumnus of the International Space University and Department of Mechanical Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University. He is a researcher, entrepreneur, and co-founder of MPG Aerospace. He is focused on building and developing African space business through capacity building in space science and technology…
Successful SLS Core Stage Hot-Fire Test Puts America One Step Closer to Returning to the Moon
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., March 18, 2021 – The four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engines that power the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) fired in unison for the second time on March 18 in Test 8 of the Core Stage Green Run series. The successful completion of this test brought America’s heavy-lift deep space exploration rocket one…
Space4U Podcast: Alan Mittelman – Founder, CEO, and President of Eagle Eyes Optics
In this episode: We meet Alan Mittelman, Founder, CEO, and President of SunTiger, Inc./DBA Eagle Eyes Optics. In the late 1980s, Alan acquired this unique intellectual property for lenses adapted from an innovation originally developed by physicists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and used by astronauts while building the International Space Station (ISS). The technology…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Alan Mittelman
Hello. I am Carah Barbarick with the Space Foundation. And you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today. We are joined by Alan Mittelman. Alan J. Mittelman is the founder, CEO and president of Sun Tiger, Inc. Doing…
Space Foundation Names Eulaliaco LLC as Space Certification Program Partner
‘Rocket Recorder’ Music Workbook Provides Space-Themed Lessons for Children Book incorporates space concepts and space-themed music into recorder lessons Innovative approach to STEAM improves student engagement and music practice Space themes generate student interest in the broader topic of space exploration COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 17, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. to Participate in J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on March 15
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 12, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD) today announced that it will participate in the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference being held on March 15, 2021. Chief Financial Officer Dan Boehle is scheduled to present at 1:10 p.m. EDT / 10:10 a.m. PDT on Monday, March 15. A live webcast of the presentation…
Volunteer Spotlight: Khylin Verplank
These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could not do the work that we do without the generous and tireless support of our volunteers. This week, we are featuring Space Foundation Discovery Center volunteer Khylin Verplank. Khylin is currently a sophomore at Air…