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Space Foundation Leverages Harris Corporation Grant for February STEM Education Program in Colorado Springs

By mandrews | January 8, 2018

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 8, 2018) – Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has provided a grant to collaborate with the Space Foundation on a program that will further science, technology, engineering…

R2D2 in Discovery Center

Homeschool Days in a Galaxy Far Away, Space Technology Tracking Jolly St. Nick and more at the Space Foundation Discovery Center this December

By cparith | December 5, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 5, 2017) – The Space Foundation Discovery Center is hosting several events to wrap up 2017 that are interactive, educational and of course, fun. Before the Space Foundation offices…

Ellis Portrait

Space Foundation Announces New Scholarship Recognizing Former Board Chairman, Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr.

By cparith | December 4, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 4, 2017) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation held its annual meeting last week, where Admiral James O. Ellis Jr., USN (Ret.), led his…

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Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF (Ret.), Elected Space Foundation Chairman

By cparith | November 30, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 30, 2017) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation met yesterday and Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF (Ret.), was elected to a two-year term as Chairman…

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Educators: Apply by Feb. 1 for the 2018 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award

By chively | October 25, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 25, 2017) – Educators who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) may apply now to receive the…

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World Space Week Takes Over the Space Foundation Discovery Center, Oct. 4 – 10

By cparith | October 3, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2017) – The United Nations declared in 1999, that Oct. 4 through Oct. 10 each year would be recognized as World Space Week, a time “to celebrate at…

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Space Foundation Brings STEM Fun for Kids to the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow

By chively | September 14, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 14, 2017) – The Space Foundation will offer hands-on STEM activities for children at its booth at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow, to be held in…

2017 Art Winner

“My Space City Vision…” is Theme for Space Foundation’s Eighth Annual International Student Art Contest

By cparith | August 28, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 28, 2017) – Returning for its eighth year, the Space Foundation’s Annual International Student Art Contest is now accepting art submissions. Student artists from around the world,…

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Join a Once-in-a-Lifetime Solar Eclipse Experience at the Discovery Center Aug. 21

By cparith | August 7, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 7, 2017) – It has been nearly 100 years since a total solar eclipse darkened the United States from coast to coast, and it is not predicted…

Curiosity Rover Selfie

Come to the Curiosity Rover 5th Birthday Party at the Space Foundation Discovery Center on Saturday, Aug. 5

By cparith | August 2, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 2, 2017) – The mission began Nov. 26, 2011, when the Curiosity rover was launched from Earth on a nine-month journey to the red planet. After a…