The Space Foundation is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1983 that advocates for all sectors of the global space industry. It focuses on space awareness activities, educational programs, and industry events like the annual Space Symposium. The foundation promotes collaboration between space sector entities, commercial companies, and organizations inspired by space technologies, offering services such as STEM education programs and the Space Technology Hall of Fame. They work with partners like NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX.
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The Aerospace Corp. and the Space Foundation are partnering to expand the Space Workforce 2030 program as of 2024-03-18.
The nonprofit Space Foundation estimated that the global space economy reached $546,000,000,000 and projected it could grow 41 percent in five years.
The space industry is valued by the Space Foundation at $469 billion in 2022.
The Space Foundation projects the space economy will exceed $1,000,000,000,000 by 2040.
The Space Foundation’s Space Commerce Institute partnered with the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Italian Trade Agency for the first U.S.-based Italian National Space Day in December 2022.
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) introduced a new line of Space Hardware Development Kits (HDKs) at the Space Foundation Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 2023-04-17-20, 2023.
The global space economy was valued at $469,000,000,000 according to The Space Report 2022, Quarter 2 by Space Foundation.
Space Foundation operates three divisions: Symposium 365, the Center for Innovation and Education, and Global Alliance.
Symposium 365 is a division of Space Foundation that operates the Space Symposium, the Symposium 365 Digital Platform, and The Space Report.
Space Foundation released The Space Report 2022 Q2 compiling data from nations to calculate a $469,000,000,000 global space economy.
Space Foundation operates three divisions—Symposium 365, Center for Innovation and Education, and Global Alliance—that bring together business, government, education, and local communities.
The Andy Thomas Space Foundation aims to expand its program to more than 80 schools around Australia.
The Space Foundation estimates the space economy at $447,000,000,000 and projects it will exceed $1,000,000,000,000 in the 2020s.
Amazon announced the largest commercial launch contract in history for Project Kuiper on April 5, 2022, at the Space Foundation’s Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.
David Thomas, executive director of MILO, supports collaboration with Space Foundation to open doors for broader participation in space exploration.
Kelli Kedis Ogborn, Space Foundation’s vice president of space commerce and entrepreneurship, supports the Space Commerce Institute’s partnership with MILO to drive innovation, reshape markets, and create a sustainable pipeline into the space ecosystem.
The Space Foundation’s research found 151,797 people working in the U.S. space industry in 2021.
Space Foundation selected the International Astronautical Federation as the recipient of the 2022 Space Achievement Award.
Space Foundation partnered with ICESCO in February 2021 for an event in Rabat, Morocco.
Space Foundation signed an agreement at the 36th Space Symposium to expand its partnership with ICESCO.