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Space Gardening is the Theme for the 2017 Summer of Discovery Program at the Space Foundation Discovery Center

By cparith | May 31, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 31, 2017) – Visit the Discovery Center as we launch our 2017 Summer of Discovery. This year we will be exploring what it takes to grow food…

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New Physics Exhibit Rolls Into the Discovery Center this Summer. Public Invited to Drop-in Before it Bounces Away!

By cparith | May 25, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 25, 2017) – The Space Foundation Discovery Center is excited to announce the opening of a new national traveling exhibit this summer. Roll, Drop, Bounce opens at the…

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Space Foundation Again Named Among 50 Best Nonprofit Organizations to Work For

By chively | April 13, 2017

Ranked 9th for Medium-sized Organizations and 16th Overall COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 13, 2017) – For the fourth time, the Space Foundation has been designated by The NonProfit Times and…

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Space Foundation Selects Chief Executive Officer

By chively | March 30, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 30, 2017) – The Space Foundation announced today that Thomas E. “Tom” Zelibor, retired Rear Admiral, USN, has been selected as its Chief Executive Officer, effective…

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Eighth Grade Science Teacher is 2017 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award

By chively | February 27, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 27, 2017) – Ashlie Blackstone Smith, an eighth grade physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has been selected…

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Unleash Your Creativity and Inner Engineer This March at the Discovery Center

By cparith | February 24, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 24, 2017) – This March, the Space Foundation Discovery Center will offer several events for the young and young-at-heart to engage their creativity and engineering skills. Space…

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Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Program Expands to Ethiopia, Guam, Kenya and Portugal

By chively | January 24, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 24, 2017) – The Space Foundation continues to grow international participation in its Teacher Liaison program, which now includes one educator each from Australia, Ethiopia, Guam,…

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Winners Announced for Space Foundation’s Seventh Annual International Student Art Contest

By cparith | January 19, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2017) – For the Space Foundation’s seventh annual International Student Art Contest, 3,099 entries were submitted from 50 countries and 31 U.S. states by students ages…

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Space Foundation Launches CEO Search

By chively | December 1, 2016

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2016) – The Space Foundation Board of Directors has begun a global search to fill the position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will be…

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Space Foundation Leverages Harris Corporation Grant for December STEM Education Program in Brevard County, Florida

By cparith | November 30, 2016

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 30, 2016) — The grant that Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has provided to the Space Foundation will be used to further science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies…