4425 Arrowswest Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
USA
tel:
+1 719 576 8000
fax: +1 719 576 8801
url:
http://www.spacefoundation.org
1133 20th Street NW Suite 425
Washington, DC 20036
USA
tel:
+1 202 463 6122
In 1983, a small group of visionary leaders in Colorado Springs saw a
need to establish an organization that could, in a non-partisan, objective and
fair manner, bring together the various sectors of America's developing space
community and serve as a credible source of information for a broad audience -
from space professionals to the general public. The Space Foundation was
founded March 21, 1983, as an IRS 501 (c)(3) organization "to foster, develop
and promote, among the citizens of the United States of America and among other
people of the world ... a greater understanding and awareness ... of the
practical and theoretical utilization of space ... for the benefit of
civilization and the fostering of peaceful and prosperous world."
As the
global space community has evolved, so has the Space Foundation - embracing all
facets of space - commercial (including telecommunications and other
satellite-based services), civil, and national security. In fact, the
Foundation is one of few space-related organizations that embraces the totality
of this community rather than focusing on a narrowly defined niche.
In
the 28 years since its founding, the Space Foundation has become one of the
world's premier nonprofit organizations supporting space activities, space
professionals and education. The Foundation's education programs have touched
teachers in all 50 U.S. states and Germany. It conducts the premier event for
space professionals anywhere in the world today: the National Space
Symposium.