Tag: Space Foundation
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Space Symposium returns for 41st edition with focus on Artemis program, successful moon mission
This week, leaders from around the globe are gathering in Colorado Springs for the annual Space Symposium with a renewed focus on moon missions following the return of the Artemis II astronauts. The splashdown came as NASA and private industry focus on deep space exploration, thanks in no small part to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.…
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Discovery Center in Colorado Springs to get major new attraction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Space Foundation’s Discovery Center is preparing for a major new attraction — a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope. The Space Foundation announced Northrop Grumman gifted the $1 million model to the Discovery Center during Space Symposium this week. “James Webb is a one-of-a-kind…
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National experts warn of space industry slowdown, Colorado boasts recent industry wins
Experts at the annual State of Space Thursday warned the growth of the commercial space industry may slow, a trend Colorado and local experts say hasn’t touched the meteoric rise of the industry in the state. Kari Bingen, a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said…
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Space Foundation accepting applications for International Teacher Liaison Program
The Space Foundation is accepting applications for a program designed to expand space-based education around the world, encourage teachers and help inspire the next generation of students to pursue careers in the space industry. The International Teacher Liaison Program provides selected teachers with material support and curriculum resources like lesson plans and workshops, allows them…
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James Webb Space Telescope images wow the world
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREENBELT, Md. — A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA’s powerful new telescope. The…
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Space Symposium in Colorado Springs opens ‘largest’ exhibit hall ever
Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor looked over the crowd of thousands gathered for the 37th Space Symposium’s opening ceremony Monday at the Broadmoor’s International Center and smiled. It was the biggest crowd he’d seen there in three years, maybe ever. “It’s so great to see 10,000-plus of my closest friends back to the Space Symposium,”…
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Space Symposium returning to full size for first time in 3 years this week, ‘bigger and better than ever’
The biggest convention held annually in Colorado Springs returns this week to The Broadmoor, with the Space Symposium expected to draw more than 10,000 people to the four-day event. The symposium resumed in August 2021 after a 2½-year absence triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid online and in-person event that attracted about two-thirds…
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Despite pandemic, Colorado Springs tourism season ‘historic’
The Pikes Peak region’s tourism industry bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic in a big way this summer, posting numbers one tourism industry executive called “historic.” Doug Price, CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, said you can credit the March arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport for boosting visitor numbers to historic levels.…
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Analysis: Space Symposium solidifies Colorado Springs’ role in orbit | Tom Roeder
It wasn’t the biggest Space Symposium in history, but the weeklong gathering at The Broadmoor was likely the busiest. Hundreds of space companies came back from pandemic-driven isolation with pens ready to ink contracts and money burning a hole in their well-stuffed pockets. While the rest of the economy roiled amid COVID-19, space continued to…
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Symposium notebook: Space war is nation’s biggest threat
A war is space is the biggest threat facing the nation and would be felt by everyone on earth, L3Harris Technologies CEO Christopher Kubasik said during a one-on-one interview session Wednesday during the Space Symposium. “A war in space would be as detrimental to society as a nuclear war and would impact the supply chain,…