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Ball Aerospace Vice President Dr. Michael Gazarik Joins NASA Advisory Council Committee
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 22, 2021 — Ball Aerospace vice president Dr. Michael Gazarik was appointed to the Technology, Innovation and Engineering Committee of the NASA Advisory Council in July 2020. He will serve a three-year term on the standing committee that supports the advisory needs of the NASA administrator, the Office of the Chief Technologist, the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. Reports 2020 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD) (the “Company”) today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Financial Overview Three months ended December 31, Year Ended December 31, 2020 2019 2020 2019 (In millions, except percentage and per share amounts) Net sales $…
L3Harris Technologies to Provide Critical Communications Link in NASA’s Mars Rover Exploration Mission
Highlights: Will connect rover with overhead obiters for important communications link Enables controllers to issue instructions and receive feedback Highlights 20-year legacy providing data transmission for every rover mission since 2001 MELBOURNE, Fla., FEBRUARY 16, 2021 – L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) avionics and communications technology will provide a critical link that enables NASA to control the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion to Enable NASA Perseverance Rover’s Landing on Mars
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 17, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion will play a critical role in the Feb. 18 landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Perseverance will be NASA’s 9th landing on Mars and Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion has played a role on all of these missions. Designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives Contract for up to Two More MMRTGs for Future Deep Space Exploration Missions
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a contract award to deliver up to two Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (MMRTG) to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for use in future planetary science missions. MMRTGs are radioisotope power systems that have been used as reliable electrical power sources on multiple deep space…
Ball Aerospace Selected to Integrate and Test “Sailcraft” for NASA Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 10, 2021 — Ball Aerospace has been selected to support Solar Cruiser, a NASA small satellite technology demonstration on the use of solar photons for propulsion in space. Ball will perform several mission-critical functions, including the integration and test of the satellite bus with the solar sail system that will form the completed…
Ball Aerospace to Build Spacecraft for NASA Heliophysics Science Mission
The mission, called GLIDE, will help researchers understand Earth’s exosphere BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2021 — Ball Aerospace was selected to build the spacecraft for NASA’s Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) heliophysics science Mission of Opportunity. GLIDE will study variability in Earth’s exosphere, the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere where it touches space, by…
Ozmens’ SNC Delivers Prototype Lunar Crew Module to Dynetics
Crew Module for Artemis Could Put First Woman, Next Man on Moon SPARKS, Nev. (February 4, 2021) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security company owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, delivered a prototype crew module for Dynetics’ Human Landing System (DHLS), to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Dynetics is a…
SNC Hosts Virtual Lunch Between Former Astronauts & Two Make-A-Wish Teens
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, is honored to team up with Make-A-Wish Denver to grant two teens their wish on Tuesday, February 2nd. Janet Kavandi, Steve Lindsey and Lee “Bru” Archambault, former astronauts who now head the Dream Chaser® spaceplane program at SNC, will have…
NTS Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Announcement of Strategic Investments
Anaheim, California, (January 28, 2021). National Technical Systems, Inc. (“NTS”), the leader in qualification testing, inspection, and certification solutions, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Established in 1961 by engineers Dr. Jack Lin and Aaron Cohen, NTS has grown from a single lab in Southern California to the reigning winner of the NASA Space Flight Awareness…