Space Foundation News & Media
SmallSat Symposium to be Held in February in Silicon Valley
Registration has begun for the 2017 SmallSat Symposium, to be held Feb 6-8, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Participants in the Symposium will include manufacturers, system operators, launch providers, investors and representatives of financial institutions. Questions to be addressed include: How to market and price a small satellite service What will…
2016: A Year in Review
It’s been an exciting year for the global space industry. Let’s take a look at some amazing 2016 space moments! March 1: The Launch of ExoMars. A joint ESA-Roscosmos mission to Mars, ExoMars left the Earth at 9:31 UTC on March 1, 2016, from Baikonur Kazakhstan. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli took a…
Bac-Shield Steam Applied Antimicrobial is Space Certified Space Technology
The Space Foundation has officially recognized STERIS IMS as the newest Certified Space Technology partner for its application of Bac-Shield Steam Applied Antimicrobial (Steam Applied Chitosan Antimicrobial) to medical devices. STERIS IMS is a surgical device management and consulting company, with sales and clinical teams serving more than 4,000 healthcare facilities in the United States.…
Sail We Must: Embracing Change
Dear friends and colleagues, Thanks to all of you, it has been another tremendously successful year for our Space Foundation and the global space community it serves. Major milestones have been reached, records have been set and the critical role of space and space-related capabilities has never been more widely recognized. We have also seen…
Space Watch: December 2016 (Volume: 15, Issue: 12)
The View From Here Sail We Must: Embracing Change Space Symposium Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska is a Space Symposium Featured Speaker Brig. Gen. John E. Shaw is Space Warfighters Luncheon Speaker New Space Symposium Panel: The Center Directors in a Time of Transition Help Shape the Women’s Global Gathering at the 33rd Space Symposium Plan to…
Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska is a Space Symposium Featured Speaker
An important addition to the Space Foundation’s 33rd Space Symposium, is the confirmation of featured speaker Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner, European Commission. Since 2014, Bieńkowska has been the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs at the European Commission. As Commissioner, her responsibilities include reviewing the strategy for completing the single market of goods and…
The Force is Strong at the Space Foundation Discovery Center this Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 29, 2016) – From stars in the sky, to sci-fi stars of the big screen, the Discovery Center has something for the entire family, Nov. 30 – Dec. 3. Two events, the Family Star Party and Star Days, offer interactive and educational fun for all ages. Earlier this year, the Discovery Center…
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature Rotating Detonation Engine Technology in Cooperation with Department of Energy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 29, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has signed a cooperative agreement with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the U.S. Department of Energy to develop air-breathing rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology that could enable the combined cycle efficiency of natural gas-fueled power plants…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of NOAA's Next-Generation Geostationary Weather Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United…
Gen. William Shelton Elected Space Foundation Vice Chairman
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 16, 2016) – The Board of Directors of the Space Foundation held its annual meeting on Nov. 10, and Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF (Ret.), was elected to a one-year term as Vice Chairman of the Board. Shelton is former Commander, Air Force Space Command. ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN…