Space Products and Services
2010 – The Role of Space in the Rescue of Trapped Chilean Miners
On October 26, 2010, the last of 33 trapped Chilean miners was lifted to the surface. The rescue ended an unprecedented 69 days of underground survival following a tunnel collapse…
2010 – The Government Role in Developing Space Products and Services
Individuals, companies, and nations continue to create many other space-related products and services. Governments, which benefit directly and indirectly from new space products and services, often play an important supporting…
2010 – Space Products and Services Overview Snapshot
Products and services from space permeate daily life in a number of ways, many of which are not obvious. Fleets of satellites monitor the Earth’s lands, oceans, and atmosphere, helping…
Space Products and Services – TSR 2010
Space Products and Services - TSR 2010 explores space products and services and how they have enriched the lives and businesses of everyday people ranging from travel and entertainment to…
Space Technology Hall of Fame and Space Certification – 2009 Inductees
Space products and services have become integrated into the global economy, and their significance continues to increase. Some of the ways in which space products and services support various…
2009 – Products and Services – Snapshot
Use of satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services such as GPS continues to grow worldwide. GPS is operated by the United States as a global utility in which U.S. taxpayers…
2009 – Space Products and Services Overview- Snapshot
While space remains remote and mysterious in many ways, it has also become a part of everyday life. A fleet of nearly 1,000 satellites orbiting high above provides a connection…
2009 – Disaster Charter – Snapshot
Remote sensing satellites provide data to assess the scope and impact of disasters that have occurred. The information also enables planning for the mitigation of events that may occur. The…
Space Technology Hall of Fame and Space Certification – 2008 Inductees
Exhibit 2d contains a list of Space Foundation Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductees for 2008. Note: This exhibit is from The Space Report 2009.
2008 – Emerging Technologies – Snapshot
Space-based capabilities are being fused to create useful capabilities. One new capability is described by the term “geoinformatics,” which involves the convergence of PNT, remote sensing, and position information of known objects…