Posts by Space Foundation Editorial Team
Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters
REDMOND, Wash. (March 15, 2018) – Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed delivery of all of the crew module engines for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft. Boeing will integrate the engines into the Starliner crew module at its Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starliner crew module…
Read MoreVice President Mike Pence to Speak at 34th Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 12, 2018) – Today, the Space Foundation announced that Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, April 16 at 12:00pm, in a special presentation preceding the Symposium’s opening ceremony. “The Vice President’s participation at the Symposium indicates the priority this White House is placing on America’s position in space,” said Thomas E. Zelibor, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer.
Read MoreUpgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne Insensitive Explosive Successfully Tested by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for General Purpose Bombs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 8, 2018) – An upgraded insensitive explosive developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), was recently tested by AFRL to support the Mk-82 500-lb. and Mk-83 1,000-lb. general purpose bombs, which are also known as BLU-111 and…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Welcomes Brooke Owens Fellows to 34th Space Symposium
During its annual Space Symposium, the Space Foundation recognizes a select number of outstanding New Generation space professionals, age 35 and younger, by including them in main agenda activities, either on a panel or as a Master Moderator for the day. This year, the Space Foundation will highlight its support of the Brooke Owens…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Invites Public to Attend the Women's Global Gathering at the 34th Space Symposium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 7, 2018) – The public is invited to register now to attend the Women’s Global Gathering, an event at the 34th Space Symposium that will be open to the public, without Symposium registration. This motivational luncheon and networking opportunity is open to men and women, and to Symposium registrants and non-registrants.…
Read MoreAuthor Margot Lee Shetterly to Receive Space Foundation's Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 5, 2018) – With her book Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, author Margot Lee Shetterly made the world aware of the major contributions of three NASA mathematicians, who were also female and African-American, during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Read MoreGOES-S Launch Marks Flight of 100th Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-60A Solid Rocket Booster
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 1, 2018) – Today’s launch of the nation’s newest weather satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket marks the flight of the 100th Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-60A solid rocket booster (SRB), the largest monolithically wound SRB ever flown. The AJ-60A is one of numerous Aerojet Rocketdyne products on both the…
Read MoreScience Teacher Diego Martinez is 2018 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 28, 2018) – Oregon science teacher Diego Martinez has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2018 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
Read MoreSpace Security and Defense Program to Receive 2018 Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 27, 2018) – The Space Foundation has selected the Space Security and Defense Program to receive its 2018 Space Achievement Award for bringing space survivability and protection to the forefront of national leadership.
Read MoreSpace Foundation Board of Directors Member ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.), Nominated to Serve on National Space Council's Users Advisory Group
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 22, 2018) – The nomination of Space Foundation Board Member and former Chairman ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.), to the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group has been confirmed by the White House, as Vice President Mike Pence, Chairman of the National Space Council, announced the candidates selected to serve.
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