International Affairs
ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain Named 2015 Recipient of General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
In December, the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation unanimously selected Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), as the 2015 recipient of its highest honor — the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. “Jean-Jacques Dordain’s long, distinguished and globally recognized service in the space sector make him an…
A New Lunar Mission for Everyone
Lunar Mission One, the international exploratory mission to the Moon’s South Pole has completed its crowdfunding campaign, raising a total of £672,447 (approx. $1,051,000), exceeding its £600,000 target. Based in the U.K., the Lunar Missions Trust is a not-for-profit organization that is overseeing the governance of the project. Lunar Mission One was backed on Kickstarter…
Roundtable at 11th Colorado Space Roundup Highlights Global Space Economies
On Dec. 10, the Space Foundation was a sponsor of the 11th Colorado Space Roundup at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The event is held annually by the Colorado Space Coalition and the Colorado Space Business Roundtable. The third of the day’s four roundtables was “Connecting: Global Space Economies,” moderated by the Space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supported Mission for U.S. Government with Inaugural Launch of RL10C-1 Upper-Stage Engine
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Dec. 12, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, played a major role to successfully place a classified payload into orbit for the U.S. government with the inaugural launch of an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
Lowest Industry Registration Rate for 31st Space Symposium Available Until Jan. 16
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2014) – The Space Foundation is currently offering the lowest rate that will be available for standard industry registration for its 31st Space Symposium, to be held April 13-16, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. This international space conference annually attracts thousands of the world’s leading space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Demonstrates 3D Printed Rocket Propulsion System for Satellites
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Dec. 15, 2014) — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has successfully completed a hot-fire test of its MPS-120™ CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System™ (CHAMPS™). The MPS-120 is the first 3D-printed hydrazine integrated propulsion system and is designed to provide propulsion for CubeSats, enabling missions not previously available to these tiny…
Space Angels Network pens Incubator Partnership with Space-Nest
LOS ANGELES, Calif., (Dec. 10, 2014) — Today Space-Nest sponsored Space Angels Network, launching a relationship that will incubate space startups. The organizations’ collaboration will connect Space Angels Network’s private capital and startup expertise with Space-Nest’s entrepreneurs. Space-Nest will also act as Space Angels Network’s Tel Aviv Network Hub, the network’s first in the Middle…
ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain Named 2015 Recipient of General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 10, 2014) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation has unanimously selected Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), as the 2015 recipient of its highest honor — the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. “Jean-Jacques Dordain’s long, distinguished and globally recognized service in…
Brunswick Elected Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 8, 2014) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation has elected Lt. Col. Shelli Brunswick, USAF, (Ret.), as Chief Operating Officer, effective Jan. 12, 2015. Brunswick assumes responsibility for Space Foundation operations, processes, and facilities, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Elliot H. Pulham. “The Space Foundation is excited to…
Free Admission to the Discovery Center 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Dec. 5 for Orion Event
Celebrate today’s Orion EFT-1 launch at the Discovery Center, with free admisison from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. The flight is the first of a new U.S.-built human rated space launch system since 1981, and the first time that a spacecraft built for humans has left low Earth orbit since 1972. Discovery Center activites on Dec.…