The 2019 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award was presented to Jill Gilford on April 8, 2019 at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO.
Previous Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award Recipients pose with Astronaut Eileen Collins
From Left to Right: Front Row: Ashlie Blackstone Smith (2017), Eileen Collins and Margaret Rhule Baguio(2016) Second Row: Diego Martinez (2018) and Daniel Newmyer (2013)
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation
We honor our fallen astronauts through the Space Mirror Memorial and our living memorial, the Center for Space Education.
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MEETING NOTICe
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Board of Directors Call In Meeting
Subject: Annual Board Meeting
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 – 5 pm EDT
Call In # 1-929-436-2866, ID 579 094 9190
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) remembers Michael Alsbury on the 5th Anniversary of Alsbury making the ultimate sacrifice in service to the space program. On October 31, 2014, Alsbury, a private test pilot, lost his life during a test flight of SpaceShipTwo.
Educators who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) may apply now to receive the 2020 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation Board of Directors unanimously voted to include private astronauts on the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The board also voted to include Michael Alsbury, a private test pilot who died in a 2014 test flight of SpaceShipTwo, on the wall.
Jill Gilford, an Earth and Space Science Teacher at Twin Lakes High School in Monticello, Ind., has been selected to receive the 2019 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
PCGS, the numismatic industry’s most-trusted third-party grading service, has graded and encapsulated a limited number of Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins on behalf of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
Rona Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, passed away at 54 on December 17, 2018
Grace G. (George) Corrigan, mother of educator astronaut Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, passed away on November 8, 2018.
Educators who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring students' interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) may apply now to receive the 2019 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation has appointed Astronaut Stephanie Wilson and Lt. Col (Ret.) Michael Olson as members of the board of directors.
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