SPACE FOUNDATION
Advocating for Innovation. Bettering Life on Earth.
Space Foundation is a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, offering a gateway to education, information and collaboration for space exploration and space-inspired industries that define the global space ecosystem.
SPACE EDUCATION
Space for you. Space for all.
Space Education, a division of Space Foundation, is a lifelong learning platform for the global space ecosystem that delivers workforce development and economic opportunity for students, teachers, entrepreneurs and professionals via programs offered digitally worldwide or at Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado...
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Space Foundation supports Pre-K through 20 students with standards-based curriculum that uses space principles to integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in laboratory, classroom and after-school settings.
Space Foundation’s New Generation initiatives target aerospace professionals 35 and younger. The program fosters meaningful, long-term peer relationships by providing access to top space leaders through program opportunities at Space Symposium and throughout the year.
Space Foundation offers space commerce training workshops and a related webinar speaker series. These workshops and webinars provide key insights to address the most common challenges in establishing or expanding space-based technology companies.
Space Foundation provides unique and exclusive membership programs for individuals and corporations to connect and participate with the greater space community.
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SPACE FOUNDATION FEATURES
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Space ISAC and NASA Sign Agreement at 40th Annual Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — April 10, 2025 — Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) is proud to announce…
Astroscale U.S. to Lead the First-Ever Refueling of a United States Space Force Asset
Astroscale U.S. to conduct two refueling operations in GEO, opening new options for added agility and operational flexibility for dynamic…
L3Harris Awards Grant to Space Foundation for Education Programming
Funds to Support STEM Initiatives COLORADO SPRINGS — April 8, 2025 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983…
Italy’s Space Industry at Symposium in Colorado. Italian Trade Agency and ASI Lead 31 Companies to Key Global Event
Colorado Springs, CO — April 9, 2025 — Italy’s aerospace industry is expanding its footprint in the U.S., demonstrating steady…
US Space Force Selects L3Harris to Upgrade Space Domain Awareness Capabilities to Better Understand Space-Based Threats
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 7, 2025 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received the next contract option year from U.S. Space Force…
Aitech Unveils World’s First AI-Enabled Picosatellite Constellation Platform Transforming Space-Based Intelligence for Military, Defense, Public Safety, Agriculture and Infinite Other New Markets
New IQSat Brings AI Capabilities in Low-Cost COTS Platform for Low Earth Orbit Missions Powering Rapid Actionable Data and Insights…
United States Space Policy Updates The U.S. House Committee on Science Space and Technology (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative” on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Read Space Foundation’s summary of the hearing here. (HSST, April 1) United States Space Force (USSF) Chief of…
United States Space Policy Updates As part of the full-year continuing resolution spending bill passed by congress, the United States Space Force (USSF) has an allocated $28.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, less than its $29.5 billion budget request. (SpaceNews, March 20) The USSF released its ‘Data and Artificial Intelligence FY 2025 Strategic Action Plan,’ focused on developing ‘a…
United States Space Policy Updates Sarah Brothers has been reinstated as the head of NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) division within the Office of Space Commerce (OSC). (Breaking Defense, March 5) In his first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump has reaffirmed support for sending humans…
United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing to examine spectrum auction delays. (Congress.gov, February 19) The House Science Space and Technology Committee (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee has announced a hearing set for February 26, entitled ‘Step by Step: The Artemis Program and NASA’s Path to Human…
This Week in Washington The House Science Space and Technology Committee announced the subcommittee chairs and ranking members for the 119th Congress. The House Science Space and Technology Committee held a full committee hearing entitled ‘The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership.’ The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Science…
Polaris Dawn Mission Selected to Receive 2025 John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 28, 2025 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 as a gateway to unite the global space community, today announced that it has selected the Polaris Dawn Mission Team as the recipient of the 2025 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration. Polaris Dawn, the first…
