Space Foundation News & Media
World Space Agency Leaders Open 32nd Space Symposium Panels
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2015) – The first panel presentation of the Space Foundation’s four-day 32nd Space Symposium will be a discussion of the most pressing global space issues by the world’s top space agency leaders. This will be the largest plenary gathering of heads of space agencies at any space conference in 2016.…
ORBITEC Expands Vortex Rocket Engine Family with Successful Demonstration of New Propellants
MADISON, Wis. (Nov. 10, 2015) – Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) wholly-owned subsidiary Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) recently completed successful testing and demonstration of three different propellant combinations for its existing 30,000-pound thrust vortex rocket engine. Completing this advancement in less than a year, ORBITEC is rapidly progressing its offering of engines for orbital maneuvering, upper-stage…
Submit Paper Abstracts by Dec. 11 for 32nd Space Symposium Technical Track
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 9, 2015) – The Space Foundation is announcing a Call for Papers for Technical Track presentations to be delivered on April 11 and 12, 2016, as part of the 32nd Space Symposium. Tech Track sessions offer registrants an opportunity to hear from government and industry leaders in space technology development, and…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…