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…

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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)…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Space Foundation Congratulates Orion EFT-1 Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 5, 2014) – The Space Foundation today congratulated NASA, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance and the entire industry-government team involved with the successful first experimental test flight of the Orion spacecraft. The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) was launched this morning aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center,…

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