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Aerojet Rocketdyne Cuts Ribbon on Premiere Propulsion and Innovation Center
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Nov. 6, 2015) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by more than 300 people, including local dignitaries, suppliers, customers, company leaders and employees. The event celebrated the company’s completion of a $140 million infrastructure improvement project that has increased operating…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Vice President of Engineering Appointed to U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Nov. 4, 2015) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), today announced that Vice President of Engineering, Marvin Young has been sworn in as a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). “I’m humbled by the opportunity to be selected as a member of this…
AAC Attends the National Aerospace Foreign Direct Investment Exposition
Anchorage, AK, (Nov. 3, 2015) – An Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) business development delegation participated in the first National Aerospace Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Exposition held in Los Angeles October 26 to 28, 2015. AAC sponsored a booth in the exposition hall, held numerous meetings with companies interested in aerospace opportunities in Alaska, and presented…
Rocket Lab Selects Alaska Aerospace Corporation For Electron Launch Range Safety
LOS ANGELES, Cali. (Nov. 3, 2015) Rocket Lab announced they have selected Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) to provide range safety support for their upcoming Electron launches in 2016. AAC’s core business area is space launch. It developed, owns, and operates the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA), a state-of-the-industry spaceport that provides access to planetary orbital…
Space Foundation Selects Richard H. Truly for 2016 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 2, 2015) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation has unanimously selected VADM Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.), as the 2016 recipient of its highest honor – the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. “From his leadership of military space endeavors like the Manned Orbiting Lab (MOL)…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch of Navigation Satellite for U.S. Military
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Oct. 31, 2015) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), helped successfully propel another in a series of Global Positioning Systems (GPS IIF) military navigation satellites into orbit today. The latest mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
Help Support STEM Education Through CFC Giving!
The Space Foundation’s CFC number is 71807 If you are a member of the U.S. military, a federal or civilian employee, or a postal worker, you can give to the Space Foundation through your Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). To help inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and technology professionals, enter Space Foundation’s CFC code,…
Support the Space Foundation Holiday Food Drive: Get Discounted Discovery Center Admission
The Space Foundation is supporting efforts to stock the pantries of Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado in anticipation of greater need during colder weather and the holiday season. Care and Share supplies more than 300 partner agencies (food pantries, emergency shelters, soup kitchens, etc.) with food for our Southern Colorado neighbors in…
Space Watch: November 2015 (Volume: 14, Issue: 11)
The View From Here Society’s Stars Shine Bright After 35 Years Second View “Together” Space Symposium Best Rate on Standard Industry Registration Now Available for 32nd Space Symposium Technical Track Call for Papers: Submit Abstracts by Nov. 16 Reserve Space for 32nd Space Symposium Exhibit Center Save the Date for Yuri’s Night – April 10…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst The aborted Gemini VI rendezvous mission in October 1965 spurred NASA to consider and embrace a new mission plan for December 1965 – the launching of two Gemini capsules. NASA would launch both capsules, which would then rendezvous with each other while orbiting the Earth. The new mission…