Space Foundation News & Media
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on March 8, 2024
This Week in Washington The Senate Armed Service Committee held a hearing with the U.S. Strategic Command and the U.S. Space Command. Read Space Foundation’s summary of the hearing here. Congress has passed a six-bill appropriations package, allocating $24.875 billion to NASA for FY2024. Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) announced the relaunch of…
Space Foundation Announces Systems Tool Kit and Hydroxyapatite Remineralizing Toothpaste as 2024 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 28, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that two leading-edge technologies developed for space will be inducted as the 2024 class of the Space Technology Hall of Fame®. The induction ceremony will occur during the annual…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on February 23, 2024
This Week in Washington Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lunar lander has become the first American spacecraft to successfully land on the moon in over 50 years. Uruguay has become the 36th signatory to the Artemis Accords. The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing on current and future LEO activities.…
Space Foundation Announces International Teacher Liaisons for 2024
Flight 24 includes six international teachers from six nations outside the U.S. Program globally promotes space-related STEM education in schools Selectees will take part in the Space Symposium in April COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 20, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space…
Space Foundation to Host Teacher Professional Development Workshops
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 15, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Center for Innovation and Education will host professional development workshops for teachers throughout June at Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The teacher professional development…
Space Foundation Names Euclid Mission Team of European Space Agency as 2024 Space Achievement Award Recipient
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 13, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that the Euclid Mission Team of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Space Achievement Award. Established in 1995, Space…
Boeing Awards Grant to Space Foundation Discovery Center for New Additive Manufacturing Space Lab
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 12, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that Boeing has awarded Space Foundation Discovery Center a grant to fund a new Addictive Manufacturing Space Lab. Devoted to 3D design, printing, and other additive manufacturing and…
Biweekly Washington Updates for the Week Ending on February 9, 2024
This Week in Washington Greece is set to become the 35th nation to sign the Artemis Accords. Next week, the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics will hold a hearing on the “ISS and Beyond: The Present and Future of American Low-Earth Orbit Activities.” The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved a bipartisan…
Space Foundation Names Barbara Morgan Recipient of 2024 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Feb. 6, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that it has selected Barbara Morgan, former astronaut and educator, as the recipient of this year’s Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. Space Foundation presents the award in…
Chandrayaan-3 Mission Team Selected to Receive 2024 John L. ’Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 31, 2024 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today announced that it has selected the Chandrayaan-3 Mission Team as the recipient of the 2024 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration. The award will be…