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 Space Foundation’s annual State of the Global Space Economy report found that the space economy grew 12% compared with 2024.
Space Foundation projects the Pentagon will roughly double its national security space budget to $126 billion in FY27.
Space Foundation projects non-U.S. military space spending will nearly double in 2027 to $31.5 billion.
The Space Economy generated 613 billion dollars globally in 2024, according to the Space Foundation.
The Space Foundation estimated that the global Space Economy will reach about 800 billion dollars by 2027 and 1,000 billion dollars by 2032.
The Space Foundation’s Space Workforce for Tomorrow initiative found that 84% of surveyed space companies expected continued hiring over the next three to five years.
Space Foundation raises support from corporate members, sponsors, individuals, and grants to fund its programs and activities.
Space Foundation was established in 1983.
The Space Foundation awards the Space Achievement Award.
Firefly Aerospace received the Space Achievement Award from the Space Foundation for the successful Moon landing of Blue Ghost.
Protolabs has joined Space Foundation.
Heidi Vasiloff is the Senior Director of Space Foundation Discovery Center.
Melanie Stricklan is the co-founder of Slingshot Aerospace, Executive in Residence at Space Foundation, and Executive Director at Space Workforce for Tomorrow.
Space Foundation and Space Force Association formed a new partnership focused on education, workforce development, and public awareness of the space domain.
RTX provided a $150,000 grant to Space Foundation Discovery Center to support its programs and facility improvements.
The RTX grant will support renovations of Space Foundation Discovery Center, including adding two new interactive and immersive education labs and upgrading existing labs.
RTX’s expanded partnership with Space Foundation Discovery Center is part of RTX’s Connect Up initiative, a 10-year, $500,000,000 corporate social responsibility effort.
The RTX grant will support Space Foundation’s Discover the Universe ScholarTrips program to enable K-12 students and teachers from Title 1 and military-connected schools in Colorado to visit Space Foundation Discovery Center at no cost.
The Space Foundation Discovery Center serves more than 40,000 visitors per year.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free is scheduled to speak at the Space Foundation's 39th Space Symposium from 2024-04-09 through 2024-04-11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.