The Astronauts Memorial Foundation

The Astronauts Memorial Foundation AMF honors the legacy of our fallen astronauts and inspires the next generation of space explorers. AMF honors U.S. astronauts and astronauts who flew with U.S.

In the wake of the Challenger accident in 1986, The Astronauts Memorial Foundation was founded. crews on American Space Ships, as well as commercial crewmembers during FAA-approved exploratory or experimental spaceflight, who have lost their lives while on a U.S. government mission or in training. Twenty-five astronauts are now honored by AMF. AMF is a private, not-for-profit organization approved

by NASA to build and maintain two major facilities at the John F. Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex:

The Space Mirror Memorial, designated as a national memorial by Congress and President George Bush (H.J. Res. 214), was dedicated in 1991. The Center for Space Education, the "living memorial", was opened in 1994. Its mission is to foster an understanding of space exploration and to improve education through technology. Both of these facilities are truly gifts to the nation from the people of Florida. Most of the funds for constructing and maintaining these facilities have been accomplished with proceeds from the sales of Florida's Challenger/Columbia license plate. Thousands of corporations, foundations and individuals have also made contributions to AMF to support the facilities and the programs of the Foundation.

Amazing launch of the Roman Telescope this morning!
08/30/2026

Amazing launch of the Roman Telescope this morning!

07/07/2026

Thank you to the Artemis II Crew for visiting AMF today! It was very inspiring to hear some very profound discussion about the many aspects of Space Exploration. Attendees got insights, advice, and answers to thought provoking questions that were posed. It was an amazing day.

Happy 250th Anniversary to our great nation from the Astronauts Memorial Foundation!
07/04/2026

Happy 250th Anniversary to our great nation from the Astronauts Memorial Foundation!

Today, June 30th, is our fiscal year-end and our educators did an AMAZING job this year. They served 11,285 students in ...
06/30/2026

Today, June 30th, is our fiscal year-end and our educators did an AMAZING job this year. They served 11,285 students in person, 20,926 virtually and reached a grand total of 32,211. Way to go team!!!

Tomorrow we flip everything to zero and start over. Wouldn't have it any other way though 😁👊😁

It was a pleasure to have one our great partners - The Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee bring their students o...
06/29/2026

It was a pleasure to have one our great partners - The Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee bring their students on a field trip to the Astronauts Memorial Foundation on Friday.

We are appreciate them getting up early and making the long drive to reach our classroom and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

UPDATE AS of 7:45 PM. A generous donor purchased 10 microscopes! 🥳 This pushes us to 18. We have 20 ipads we can connect...
06/27/2026

UPDATE AS of 7:45 PM. A generous donor purchased 10 microscopes! 🥳 This pushes us to 18. We have 20 ipads we can connect them to, so we'd love to get just 2 more! https://a.co/097jEGbV

This will allow us to serve large classes of 40 students and students can work in pairs.

🙏 HELP US GET 2 MORE 🙏 and we will complete this project by almost doubling our original goal! https://a.co/097jEGbV

06/26/2026

UPDATE AS of 7:45 PM. A generous donor purchased 10! 🥳 This pushes us to 18. We have 20 ipads we can connect the microscopes to.

So, if we can get just 2 ✌️ more (https://a.co/097jEGbV) we will have 20 microscopes to match 20 iPads. 20 microscopes will also allow us to serve large classes of 40 students and students can work in pairs.

🙏 HELP US GET 2 MORE 🙏 and we will complete this project by almost doubling our original goal! https://a.co/097jEGbV

We just wrapped up the Global Educator Summit with a presentation by Charlie Blackwell Thompson. She is shown here answ...
06/26/2026

We just wrapped up the Global Educator Summit with a presentation by Charlie Blackwell Thompson. She is shown here answering a question from Amy Astra (Amy Medina Jorge) who is our 2026 Alan Shepard Award Winner.

If you are shopping on Amazon Prime days consider helping AMF "MAGNIFY" its mission by adding a microscope to your cart ...
06/26/2026

If you are shopping on Amazon Prime days consider helping AMF "MAGNIFY" its mission by adding a microscope to your cart by visiting our wishlist at: https://a.co/01CwQUMm

We need 12 microscopes and plan to use them to teach K12 students about the difference in properties between sand and moon soil. This is part of our Artemis lessons and gives students an understanding of the challenges associated with building and working on the moon.

This item is 19% off, so today is a great to buy. Prime Days ends tonight - FRIDAY 6/26/26. Thank you for your support!

It was great to kickoff our Global Educators Summit with Astronaut Barbara Morgan, who fielded questions from educators ...
06/25/2026

It was great to kickoff our Global Educators Summit with Astronaut Barbara Morgan, who fielded questions from educators like Samantha Vanmatre (pictured below). Thank you Barbara for taking time out of your schedule to speak with our audience!

Address

SR 405, Building M6/306
Merritt Island, FL
32899

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+13213789810

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