SPACE.com and Astronaut Hall of Fame Launch Space Shop.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2000 SPACE.com, the definitive space Web site, and Astronaut Hall of Fame The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame is located in Titusville, Florida. It features the world's largest collection of personal astronaut memorabilia, particularly focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, as well as spacecraft. recently joined in a strategic partnership to create an e-commerce space shop. "Teaming up with Astronaut Hall of Fame has enabled us to further our mission to popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. space while expanding the reach of their unique space products via the Internet," said Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live , SPACE.com Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "SPACE.com is dedicated to supporting education at all levels and we are proud that this partnership benefits the U.S. Space Camp and Astronaut Scholarship Foundation." "This is cutting edge for a non-profit to partner with a for-profit on the Internet," said Laura Talbert, Retail Manager for Astronaut Hall of Fame. "With SPACE.com driving the traffic and Astronaut Hall of Fame providing merchandise purchasing expertise, product and fulfillment, this joint venture has surpassed expectations." Presently 275 space shop items, including SPACE.com merchandise, are featured on SPACE.com. By June 1, the space shop will offer more than 500 products. Among the most popular of items are NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. baseball caps, astronaut space ice cream and astronaut autographed books. Astronaut Hall of Fame will run frequent specials such as free shipping in June. The space shop site can be accessed at www.space.com. SPACE.com SPACE.com is the definitive space site on the Web, offering the richest and most compelling content, featuring news, information, education, entertainment, games and science fiction. SPACE.com is also the developer of Starry Night Backyard and Starry Night Pro, the leading realistic astronomy software for personal computers. SPACE.com is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with offices and news bureaus in Cape Canaveral; Houston; Pasadena; Toronto, Canada; and Washington, D.C. Astronaut Hall of Fame All of the Astronaut Hall of Fame's residual revenue from operations are dedicated to two non-profit organizations, U.S. Space Camp and Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The U.S. Space Camp has introduced space to more than 288,000 children since 1982. While the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has awarded over 1 million dollars in scholarships since 1986 to inspire students to pursue careers in math, science and technology. The Astronaut Hall of Fame is located at the main gate of Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics on 405 in Titusville, FL. For more information, call 321-269-6100 |
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