Space Foundation News
STAR Academy Students Visit Discovery Center for STEM Lessons
On Oct. 10, students from STAR Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., came to the Space Foundation Discovery Center for hands-on STEM lessons (science, technology, engineering and math). The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the region’s first and only space, science and technology attraction, and in addition to being open to the public, offers education programs…
Space Foundation Comments on Passing of Scott Carpenter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 10, 2013) – It seems fitting that on the final day of the global celebration of World Space Week, the world says goodbye to NASA astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, who died in Denver today at the age of 88. Born in Boulder, Colo., in 1925, Carpenter was one of the original…
Space Foundation Hosts Visitors from German Aerospace Center and FireWatch America
This week, distinguished guests from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and FireWatch America visited Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., and toured the Discovery Center. One purpose of the visit was to discuss progress on adoption of the FireWatch system locally to help protect people and property from wildfires that have plagued Colorado…
Space Foundation Holds Briefing on Space Situational Awareness
This week the Space Foundation held a briefing in Washington, D.C., regarding Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and the status of the U.S. Air Force Space Fence Program. Panelists included: Robert Curbeam, Vice President for Mission Assurance, Quality & Raytheon Six Sigma, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Steve Bruce, Vice President for Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests High Concentrated Photovoltaic System Designed to Provide More Solar Energy at Less Cost
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, is successfully demonstrating a commercial-scale High Concentrated Photovoltaic (HCPV) pilot system designed to generate more solar energy at less cost, in a smaller amount of space, than traditional flat-panel PV technology. The 600-square-foot unit is rated at 17.5 kilowatts DC, enough electricity…
Aerojet Rocketdyne High-Power Solar Electric Propulsion System: Providing Orbit Raising Propulsion for the Air Force Advanced Extremely High Frequency SV-3 Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 7, 2013) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its XR-5 high-power Hall Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) system has initiated orbit raising operations on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Space Vehicle 3 (SV-3) that launched September 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Each AEHF Space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Inserts NASA’s LADEE in Lunar Orbit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 7, 2013) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its 100-lbf High Performance Apogee Thruster (HiPAT™) bipropellant engine, integrated into a propulsion system built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), enabled NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) to achieve lunar orbit on Oct. 6. The HiPAT™ performed two phasing…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Welcomes Mark Tucker As Senior Vice President
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct 7, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, today announced that Mark Tucker will join the company as senior vice president of Enterprise Operations and Engineering. In this role, Tucker primarily will be responsible for planning and developing the overall strategies for multiple functions including manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain…
Space Foundation Presents Audience With an Astronaut for Colorado Springs Science Festival
As part of its World Space Week events, the Space Foundation brought former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., to Colorado Springs, Colo., for a series of Audience With an Astronaut presentations. Based in Houston, Chiao also serves as Space Foundation Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight. The Space Foundation is a proud World Space Week Partner…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Critical to Successful SM-3 Block IB Flight Test Standard Missile-22 Intercept Success Supports Production Decision
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (October 4, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems successfully contributed to an intercept of a ballistic missile target with the second generation Aegis BMD Weapon System and SM-3 Block IB guided missile. During Flight Test Standard Missile-22 (FTM-22), the SM-3 guided missile intercepted and destroyed a…