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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Space Foundation created the John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration in 2004.
Space Foundation’s Center for Innovation and Education piloted the Space Commerce Entrepreneurship Program in 2019 with workshops across the continental United States under a U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency grant.
Total global space industry revenue tracked by Space Foundation increased 176% over the 15 years prior to 2020.
The Space Report operates under Space Foundation’s Symposium 365 division.
Thomas Dorame, senior vice president of the Space Foundation, indicated that the view of space as the most important domain for national security was shared by multiple experts.
Symposium 365 is a division of Space Foundation that produces the Space Symposium, the Symposium 365 Digital Platform, and The Space Report.
Nicola Sasanelli, Senior Adviser for the South Australian Space Industry Centre and CEO of the Andy Thomas Space Foundation, has been involved in organizing the biannual event since its inception in 2016.
Other speakers at the forum include Dr. James Johnson, CEO of Geoscience Australia, and Michael Davis AO, Chair of the Andy Thomas Space Foundation.
Peter B. Teets received the Space Foundation’s General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award in 2009 at the 25th Space Symposium.
The Space Foundation is working with the Broadmoor Hotel and the City of Colorado Springs to identify new dates for the postponed Space Symposium.
The Space Foundation’s annual Space Report estimated the global space economy to be nearly $415,000,000,000 in 2018.
The Bryce Space and Technology report estimated 2018 growth at 3%, while the Space Foundation report estimated 2018 growth at 8%.