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Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With Discovery Center Free Event
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 10, 2014) – July 17 is the day the Space Foundation has chosen for its celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The public is invited to join in the celebration and hear first-hand from three men closely involved in this historic period at NASA. The Apollo…
Read MoreAerojet Rocketdyne Completes Study on Common Upper Stage Service for NASA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 9, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has completed a study with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop a common upper stage service for NASA, designed to enhance the performance of the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II medium and heavy launch vehicles for planetary and heliophysics missions, and pave…
Read More"Mars, Rovers & Robots" Has Launched!
Try your hand at maneuvering underwater robots, build a Mars habitat and see robotic demonstrations at the Discovery Center’s “Mars, Rovers & Robots.” Saturday’s activities on July 12 will also feature a special astronomy-themed SphereCast with ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i on the Discovery Center’s Science On a Sphere® at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Most…
Read MoreAlliance Spacesystems Expands Solar Power Solutions Unit
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (July 7, 2014) – Alliance Spacesystems, a premier supplier to leading satellite integrators for the fabrication, assembly, integration and testing of major satellite composite structures, has announced the hiring of Ted Stern and Ken Steele to expand its Solar Power Solutions product unit. Ted and Ken bring greater than 60 years of…
Read More“Mars, Rovers & Robots” Begins at the Discovery Center July 8
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 2, 2014) — One of the most popular themes from last year’s Summer of Discovery returns this month — “Mars, Rovers and Robots” will be reprised at the Discovery Center for two weeks beginning Tuesday, July 8. Try your hand at maneuvering underwater robots, build a Mars habitat, see robotic and hovercraft…
Read MoreAerojet Rocketdyne Supports United Launch Alliance Launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 into Orbit for NASA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 2, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, helped propel the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) into orbit for NASA. The OCO-2 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion included an RS-27A booster engine, an AJ10-118K upper-stage engine…
Read MoreInmarsat appoints SpaceX for future satellite launches
2 July 2014 – Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite services, today announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its S-band satellite and up to two further Inmarsat missions. Under the terms of its agreement with SpaceX, Inmarsat expects to use the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle,…
Read MoreAerojet Rocketdyne and the City of Folsom Collaborate to Alleviate California Drought Conditions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 1, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and the City of Folsom have completed infrastructure improvements that are designed to preserve the water capacity of Lake Folsom by using treated groundwater for the company’s industrial water system. The improvements include upgrades to a groundwater treatment plant and the construction…
Read MoreA Job Well Done
This month’s Second View pays honor to a quiet leader and diplomat. Dr. Yasushi Horikawa passed the gavel on June 11, ending his two year term as the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). The chairmanship of UNCOPUOS is rotated on a regional basis. Dr. Horikawa was…
Read MoreMeet Featured Volunteer Wendy Perelstein
When the Space Foundation Discovery Center opened its doors in October 2012, Wendy Perelstein answered the plea for volunteers and knew right away she had found her calling. Wendy quickly became a key member of the Space Foundation’s volunteer program and has worked on a variety of projects with the education team and assisting the…
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