Get Certified

Certification recognition is an important marketing credential and provides a distinct competitive advantage. More and more companies are taking the "One Small Step" that can lead to "One Giant Leap" in the marketplace.

Rise Above the Competition
Certification will tie your business to the power and excitement of space exploration and show your customers how space technology improves their lives right here on Earth.

The Space Foundation is committed to promoting the practical benefits of space exploration. Join the Space Certification Program and start enjoying the benefits of making extraordinary products emerging from space technology an essential part of life for everyone on Earth.

Apply Today
If your product or service meets the criteria outlined below, why not apply today? Application is your first step toward official certification and takes just minutes to complete.

The Space Foundation will review your application for a genuine space connection. Upon approval, we will license you to use the certification seal in your sales and marketing efforts.

Terms and Fees
Certification is available for two, five, and ten year periods. Fees are based upon the category or categories applied for.

Your participation is our primary goal. We will work with you to ensure that your participation is as affordable as it is beneficial.

Category Exclusivity
Category exclusivity is a highly desirable option. Select partners can enjoy the added benefit of exclusivity within a defined product or service market sector. This requires a minimum ten year commitment to promote space awareness within your marketing efforts. An annual exclusivity fee, in addition to the certification term fee, is negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Category exclusivity offers your company automatic recognition as a Space Foundation Corporate Patron member with its own set of benefits and opportunities.

Exceptional Benefits
Specific benefits include a strong presence on the official Space Certification Program Web site, inclusion in Space Certification Program literature, exclusive use of the Certification Seal in your marketing and communications efforts, a presentation plaque for display in your corporate office, joint press release and media support, and listings in advertisements and program books for the National Space Symposium, Strategic Space and Defense conference, and other Space Foundation publications.

The official Space Certification Program Seal is a statement that speaks volumes to customers and is often referred to the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" for the space industry.

Through the marketing efforts of the Space Foundation, products with the seal prominently displayed benefit from the synergy of millions of space messages delivered each year. The Space Foundation actively works to support the marketing efforts of each certified partner to promote your company and product in the marketplace.

The Space Foundation - known for its excellent reputation in the national and international space industry - offers your business excellent networking opportunities.

Types of Certification
The space certification program highlights companies and products in three distinct areas: technology, education, and entertainment. You may apply for certification in any or all of these areas, as is applicable to your product(s). Category descriptions and criteria are listed below.

Certified Technology Product
A product or service that directly results from Space technology or space program development such that the product exists because of advances in space technology. Examples of certified space technologies include X-1R Performance Lubricants Global Positioning Systems, Tempur-Pedic Sleep Systems, Eagle Eyes Optics. Certified Space Technologies comprise the largest group of certified partners.

Certified Educational Product
These products are used in educational environments to stimulate interest and knowledge about space. Education is critical to the mission of the Space Foundation and supporting these products further inspires new generations. Apogee Rocketry Components, Play Attention Learning Systems, and Challenger Learning Centers are all Certified Educational Products.

Certified Imagination Product
Imagination products can be a toy or entertainment product used to increase interest in and excitement for space. Mannheim Steamrollers Music of the Spheres, the NORAD Tracks Santa Web site, and the colorful book, I am a Space Shuttle, I LOVE TO FLY, have been certified as Imagination Products.

For more information, contact
Kevin C. Cook
Director, Space Awareness Programs
719.576.8000 ext.155
kevin@spacefoundation.org