Space Foundation
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The Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the global space industry
through information and education programs. It is a resource for the entire space community - industry, national security organizations, civil space agencies, private space companies and the military around the world. It also supports educators, students and journalists with information and education programs.
in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 2011, more than 9,000 people participated in the 27th National Space Symposium. The 28th National Space Symposium is scheduled for April 16-19, 2012.
and Best Companies Group as among the Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work for 2011. It was the only Colorado-based organization to make the list and ranked number 19 out of the 50 organizations honored nation-wide.
Lifetime Space Achievement Award include:
Technology in Education Award include:
, Jr., Award for Space Exploration include:
Space Technology Hall of Fame
The Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA,, has conducted the Space Technology Hall of Fame since 1988, inducting dozens of technologies and honoring hundreds of organizations and individuals that transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on Earth. Induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame affords space technology innovators much deserved recognition. It also serves to increase public awareness of the benefits of space technology and encourage further innovation.
to help improve public awareness and appreciation of the many practical benefits that come from space technology
. The Space Certification Program awards a "seal of approval" to companies with products and services that demonstrate a viable link to the space program
. Often referred to as "spinoffs"
, there are literally thousands of products and services that incorporate space technology including satellite television
and radio
, Global Positioning System
(GPS) navigation, cellular communications, advanced industrial lubricant
s, robotics
, plastic
s, and a long list of life-improving and life-saving medical technologies.
Among Space Certified products are Tempur-Pedic
sleep surfaces (certified product),, AGI (Analytical Graphics
,Inc.) Satellite Tool Kit the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
(certified educational product), and NORAD Tracks Santa
(certified educational product),
Programs include:
Space industry
Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. Owing to the prominence of the satellite-related activities, some sources use the term satellite industry interchangeably...
through information and education programs. It is a resource for the entire space community - industry, national security organizations, civil space agencies, private space companies and the military around the world. It also supports educators, students and journalists with information and education programs.
Industry events
The Space Foundation annually hosts major industry events, including the National Space SymposiumNational Space Symposium
The premier gathering of the global space community, the Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium is held each spring at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado....
in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 2011, more than 9,000 people participated in the 27th National Space Symposium. The 28th National Space Symposium is scheduled for April 16-19, 2012.
Work Environment
In 2011, the Space Foundation was designated by The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times
The NonProfit Times is a newspaper based in Morris Plains, New Jersey, covering the business management of non-profit organizations in the United States. The first issue was published in April 1987. The newspaper covers fundraising, accounting, managerial issues and human resource management...
and Best Companies Group as among the Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work for 2011. It was the only Colorado-based organization to make the list and ranked number 19 out of the 50 organizations honored nation-wide.
Space Foundation Awards: General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
Recipients of the General James E. HillJames E. Hill
General James E. Hill was a World War II flying ace, U.S. Air Force General, and commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command, with consolidated headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado.-Biography:Hill was...
Lifetime Space Achievement Award include:
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. Thomas S. Moorman Jr. served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from July 1994 to August 1997.-Background:... ,USAF, Ret. |
| 2011 | Charles Elachi Charles Elachi Charles Asshur Al-Wadad Elachi is the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , located in Pasadena, California. He has held this position since May 1, 2001 and also holds professorships in electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech.... , Ph.D. |
| 2010 | Capt. John W. Young, USN (Retired) |
| 2009 | The Honorable Peter B. Teets |
| 2008 | Hans Mark Hans Mark Hans Michael Mark is a former Secretary of the Air Force and a former Deputy Administrator of NASA. He is an expert and consultant in aerospace design and national defense policy... , Ph.D. |
| 2007 | Simon Ramo Simon Ramo Simon "Si" Ramo is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile... , Ph.D. |
| 2006 | Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history... , Ph.D. |
| 2005 | The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. |
| 2004 | The late Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, USAF (Retired) |
| 2003 | Capt. James A. Jim Lovell Jim Lovell James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission... , Jr., USN (Retired) |
| 2002 | Norman R. Augustine |
Space Foundation Awards: Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Winners of the Alan ShepardAlan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit...
Technology in Education Award include:
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Charles County (Md.) Public Schools Superintendent James E. Richmond |
| 2010 | Allen V. Robnett |
| 2009 | Ricardo V. Soria |
| 2008 | Kevin L. Simmons |
| 2007 | Luther W. Richardson |
| 2006 | Kathy R. Brandon |
| 2005 | Ronald F. Dantowitz |
| 2004 | Charles Geach |
| 2003 | Brian Copes |
| 2002 | Thomas F. Hunt, Frank E. Waller |
| 2001 | Lori Byrnes |
Space Foundation Awards: Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
Winners of the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award include:| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Space Journalists Jay Barbree Jay Barbree Jay Barbree is a correspondent for NBC News, focusing on space travel. Barbree is the only journalist to have covered every manned space mission in the United States, beginning with the first American in space, Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 in 1961, continuing through to the last mission of the... (NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... News), Marcia Dunn (The Associated Press Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... ) and Bill Harwood (CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... News) |
| 2010 | Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series , multiple films, television and video game sequels.... |
| 2009 | Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History... , Ph.D. |
| 2008 | Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts |
| 2007 | Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) |
| 2006 | Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title... |
| 2005 | The Ansari X-Prize Foundation |
| 2004 | LIFE Magazine |
| 2003 | Robert T. McCall |
| 2002 | The late Gene Roddenberry Gene Roddenberry Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer... and Majel Barrett Roddenberry |
| 2001 | Popular Science Popular Science Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004... Magazine |
| 2000 | Space Awareness Alliance |
| 1999 | The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-95 STS-95 STS-95 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury... |
| 1998 | NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... |
| 1997 | The Cable News Network (CNN CNN Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States... ) |
| 1996 | The Apollo 13 (Film) Apollo 13 (film) Apollo 13 is a 1995 American drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr... Team |
| 1995 | Discovery Communications Discovery Communications Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39... , Inc. |
Space Foundation Awards: Space Achievement Award
Winners of the Space Achievement Award include:| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | SpaceX SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or more popularly and informally known as SpaceX, is an American space transport company that operates out of Hawthorne, California... and Télécoms Sans Frontières Télécoms sans frontières Télécoms Sans Frontières or TSF is a humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization specialised in emergency telecommunications.The emergency telecommunication means provided benefit to the victims of natural disasters and of conflicts, and to the other humanitarian aid organisations.-About TSF:-... |
| 2010 | Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared... Repair Mission Team |
| 2009 | China's Shenzhou 7 Shenzhou 7 - Backup crew :Of the back-up crew, only Chen Quan had not previously flown in space.- Mission highlights :The Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 7 into an initial elliptical orbit of 200 x 330 kilometres inclined at 42.4 degrees on 25 September 2008. About seven hours later the spacecraft... Mission |
| 2008 | United States Air Force United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of... |
| 2007 | Bigelow Aerospace Bigelow Aerospace Bigelow Aerospace is a North Las Vegas, Nevada space technology startup company that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules. Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998... |
| 2006 | The U.S. Titan Launch Vehicle Titan (rocket family) Titan was a family of U.S. expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. A total of 368 rockets of this family were launched, including all the Project Gemini manned flights of the mid-1960s... Team: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area.... , United States Air Force United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of... , The Aerospace Corporation The Aerospace Corporation The Aerospace Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation headquartered in El Segundo, California that has operated a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the United States Air Force since 1960... , NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... |
| 2005 | SpaceShipOneTeam |
| 2004 | Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it... Launch Team |
| 2003 | U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Team; Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area.... Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Team; The Boeing Boeing The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001... Company Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Team |
| 2002 | NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... /Industry Galileo Space Probe Team and the men and women of United States Space Command United States Space Command The United States Space Command was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense, created in 1985 to help institutionalize the use of outer space by the United States Armed Forces. The Commander in Chief of U.S... and its component organizations |
| 2001 | Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared... Team |
| 2000 | Sea Launch Sea Launch Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets... |
| 1999 | NASA-Boeing International Space Station International Space Station The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes... Team |
| 1998 | Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF (Retired) |
| 1997 | Capt. James Jim Lovell Jim Lovell James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission... , USN (Retired) |
| 1996 | American Astronautical Society American Astronautical Society Formed in 1954, the American Astronautical Society is an independent scientific and technical group in the United States dedicated to the advancement of space science and exploration. AAS supports NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and is a member of the Coalition for Space Exploration and the... |
| 1995 | Air University (United States Air Force) |
Space Foundation Awards: John L. Jack, Jr., Award for Space Exploration
Winners of the John L. Jack SwigertJack Swigert
He later became staff director of the Committee on Science and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives.Swigert was elected as a Republican to Colorado's newly created 6th congressional district in November 1982. He defeated Democrat Steve Hogan, 98,909 votes to 56,518...
, Jr., Award for Space Exploration include:
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | No Award |
| 2010 | The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS LCROSS The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of determining the nature of hydrogen detected at the polar regions of the moon. The main LCROSS mission objective was to explore the presence of water ice... ) mission team |
| 2009 | NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Team |
| 2008 | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the... |
| 2007 | The California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering... |
| 2006 | Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history... , Ph.D. |
| 2005 | NASA's Mars Exploration Team from Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... |
| 2004 | President George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
Space Technology Hall of FameSpace technology hall of fameThe Space Technology Hall of Fame annually honors organizations and individuals that "transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on Earth"....
The Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA,, has conducted the Space Technology Hall of Fame since 1988, inducting dozens of technologies and honoring hundreds of organizations and individuals that transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on Earth. Induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame affords space technology innovators much deserved recognition. It also serves to increase public awareness of the benefits of space technology and encourage further innovation.| Year | Inductee |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellites (GeoEye GeoEye GeoEye Inc. is a commercial satellite imagery company based in Herndon, Virginia that is the world's largest space imaging corporation.... and DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colorado, USA, is a commercial vendor of space imagery and geospatial content, and operator of civilian remote sensing spacecraft... ) and Intrifuge CellXpansion (NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... Johnson Space Center, Regenetech and Synthecon) |
| 2010 | Eagle Eyes and Digital Fly-By-Wire |
| 2009 | Aerodynamic Vehicle Design and Micro Algae Nutritional Supplements |
| 2008 | ArterioVision, Petroleum Remediation Product, and ResQPOD |
| 2007 | Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron and Microbial Check Valve |
| 2006 | iRobot PackBot Tactical Mobile Robot and Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer |
| 2005 | Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, NanoCeram Superfilters, InnerVue Diagnostic Scope System and Outlast Technologies, Inc. Smart Fabric Technology |
| 2004 | Multi-Junction (MJ) Space Solar Cells, LADARVision 4000, Precision Global Positioning System (GPS) Software and MedStar Monitoring System |
| 2003 | Virtual Window, VisiScreen (Ocular Screening System, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Technology, Humanitarian Demining Device, Digital Latching Valve and Cochlear Implant |
| 2002 | Satellite Radio Technology |
| 2001 | Data Matrix Symbology, Video Image Stabilization and Registration (VISAR) and Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIP) |
| 2000 | Advanced Lubricants, DirecTV and Light Emitting Diodes for medical applications |
| 1999 | Heart Defibrillator Energy Source, Miniature Accelerometer, Active Pixel Sensor and DeBakey Blood Pump |
| 1998 | Global Positioning System Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites... (GPS) and Tempur Foam |
| 1997 | Advanced Communications Technology and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Technology |
| 1996 | Radiant Barrier, Anti-Shock Trousers and Fire-Resistant Aircraft Seats |
| 1995 | Parawings or Hang Gliders and Anti-Corrosion Coatings |
| 1994 | Excimer Laser Angioplasty System and Digital Image Processing - Medical Applications |
| 1993 | Physiological Monitoring Instrumentation and Liquid-Cooled Garments |
| 1992 | Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software and Direct Readout Satellite System |
| 1991 | Automatic Implantable Cardiovertor Defibrillator and PMR-15 Polymide Resin |
| 1990 | Heat Pipe Systems and Safety Grooving |
| 1989 | Cordless Tools, Scratch Resistant Lenses and Fabric Roof Structures |
| 1988 | Improved Firefighter's Breathing System, NASA Structural Analysis Computer Software, Sewage Treatment With Water Hyacinths, Programmable Implantable Medication System and Power Factor Controller |
Space Certification
The Space Certification Program was created in cooperation with NASANASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
to help improve public awareness and appreciation of the many practical benefits that come from space technology
Space technology
Space technology is technology that is related to entering, and retrieving objects or life forms from space."Every day" technologies such as weather forecasting, remote sensing, GPS systems, satellite television, and some long distance communications systems critically rely on space infrastructure...
. The Space Certification Program awards a "seal of approval" to companies with products and services that demonstrate a viable link to the space program
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
. Often referred to as "spinoffs"
Government spin-off
Government spin-off is civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research. One prominent example of a type of government spin-off is technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance. NASA spin-off technologies have...
, there are literally thousands of products and services that incorporate space technology including satellite television
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
and radio
Satellite radio
Satellite radio is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations...
, Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
(GPS) navigation, cellular communications, advanced industrial lubricant
Lubricant
A lubricant is a substance introduced to reduce friction between moving surfaces. It may also have the function of transporting foreign particles and of distributing heat...
s, robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
, plastic
Plastic
A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce production costs...
s, and a long list of life-improving and life-saving medical technologies.
Among Space Certified products are Tempur-Pedic
Tempur-Pedic
Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of mattresses and pillows made from viscoelastic memory foam. The company's headquarters is located in Lexington, Kentucky.- History :...
sleep surfaces (certified product),, AGI (Analytical Graphics
Analytical Graphics
Analytical Graphics, Inc. is a software development company focused on spaceflight and national security, headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania...
,Inc.) Satellite Tool Kit the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is a museum and educational facility in Hutchinson, Kansas that is best known for the display and restoration of spaceflight artifacts and educational camps...
(certified educational product), and NORAD Tracks Santa
NORAD Tracks Santa
NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program, which has existed since 1955, produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command...
(certified educational product),
Space Foundation Education Programs
The Space Foundation is developing the next generation - and building the overall technological strength of the nation - through programs that stimulate students' interest and skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).Programs include:
- The Space Foundation Discovery Institute (SFDI), based in Colorado Springs, Colo., provides professional development, training and support for teachers and students from around the world. SFDI houses classrooms, the AGI (Analytical GraphicsAnalytical GraphicsAnalytical Graphics, Inc. is a software development company focused on spaceflight and national security, headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania...
)Space Missions Simulator, a NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Educator Resource Center and the Mars Yard simulated Martian terrain and robotics laboratory.
- Space Across the Curriculum week-long intensive graduate-level courses provide PreK-12 educators with space-related STEM knowledge and content that is instantly transferable to the classroom. Participants can earn continuing education credits or graduate credits at Colorado State University - PuebloColorado State University - PuebloColorado State University–Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive public institution of higher learning located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. CSU-Pueblo is a member of the Colorado State University System , along with Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the system's flagship, and...
, Regis University or the College of Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsUniversity of Colorado at Colorado SpringsThe University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a campus of the University of Colorado system, the state university system of Colorado....
(UCCS) or work toward a master's degree in related disciplines from Regis UniversityRegis UniversityRegis University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
or UCCS. Scholarships are available.
- New Horizons Space Education Program, a science enrichment program that infuses STEM education into a community through teacher workshops, student programs, town-hall meetings, field trips and astronaut and space professional visits.
- STARS Program (Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space), a hands-on science enrichment program for students based on schools' specific academic needs.
- National Science Standards Lesson Bank, free downloadable PreK-12 national science standards-based lessons. .
- Teacher Liaisons, advocates for space-related education who participate in workshops and education programs at the National Space SymposiumNational Space SymposiumThe premier gathering of the global space community, the Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium is held each spring at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado....
and receive Space Foundation training and resources to further integrate space into their classrooms.
- Jack SwigertJack SwigertHe later became staff director of the Committee on Science and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives.Swigert was elected as a Republican to Colorado's newly created 6th congressional district in November 1982. He defeated Democrat Steve Hogan, 98,909 votes to 56,518...
Aerospace Academy, an aerospace-focused middle school created in conjunction with Colorado Springs School District 11 that drives science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) proficiency through a space-related curriculum, access to SFDI laboratories and learning opportunities and involvement with the Space Foundation.