Space Foundation News & Media
Aerojet Rocketdyne Announces Expansion at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi
FARNBOROUGH, England (July 11, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced that assembly and testing of its AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine will take place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. As a result, the company is expanding its Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket Engine…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Plays Critical Role in Juno Mission to Study Jupiter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 5, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), is playing a critical role in placing NASA’s Juno spacecraft into orbit to study Jupiter. Juno is the first mission dedicated to the study of the planet’s interior to learn more about its origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.…
Bryan DeBates Named Space Foundation Vice President – Education
The Space Foundation has promoted Bryan DeBates to Vice President – Education, from his previous position as Senior Director – Education, effective July 1. In this position, DeBates will administer the development and implementation of the Space Foundation’s education programs that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. This includes establishing project goals and…
Scavenger Hunts and Space Swag
There is a lot to see and do at the Space Foundation Discovery Center, but there is one activity that gets the entire family engaged, the Space Scavenger Hunt. For summer 2016, the scavenger hunt has been enhanced with a digital aspect, equipped with amazing prizes! For each theme of Summer of Discover (Visionaries, Scientists,…
An Apollo 50th Anniversary Moment
Orbiting High and Low: Gemini X by John Holst, Space Foundation Research Analyst Two spacecraft, noses locked together, floated above the Earth. The two spacecraft, Gemini X and Agena 10, docked earlier in the day and in doing so, accomplished one of many Gemini X mission objectives. Things were going well. Fire suddenly spewed out…
Space Foundation in Partnership with Asteroid Day
The Space Foundation proudly joins with Asteroid Day in encouraging all possible steps to protect our home in the cosmos. Asteroid Day is held each year on June 30, the anniversary of the largest impact in recent history, the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia. This global awareness campaign brings together people from around the world…
June Space-related Activities in Washington, D.C.
by Brendan Curry, Vice President – Washington Operations The month of June saw activity on a variety of space-related fronts in the nation’s capital, and the addition of a new intern at the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office. Ariel Sheely just completed her sophomore year at George Mason University. She is studying government, and also…
Save the Date for Faga Forum on Space Intelligence
Plan now to attend the Space Foundation’s Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, a one-day classified conference that connects participants with government and industry decision makers versed in national security space and intelligence issues. Following on the success of the first Faga Forum on Space Intelligence, the 2017 conference will also be held in the Washington,…
Space Foundation Supports Korean Leadership Program
With support from the Space Foundation, a Korean delegation enjoyed an eventful and a memorable visit to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex and our partners at Space Florida. The group was led by Director of American Center Korea Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Seoul, Kim Su Nam. The June visit was partially the result of…
Report on Space Foundation Participation in Delegation to UN Meetings
The Space Foundation participated June 8-17 in the 59th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, at the United Nations Office in Vienna. The Committee meets every year to promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. During this year’s session, David Kendall, of Canada, assumed the chair of…