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Learn the Benefits of Space Certification
The Space Foundation builds awareness of the benefits of space through our Space Certification™ program, which demonstrates how space technologies improve life on Earth and makes space more accessible to everyone. Products and services that display the Space Certification seal are guaranteed to have stemmed from or been dramatically improved by technologies originally developed for…
Notes From Rosetta-Philae Briefing
In December, the Space Foundation and the European Space Agency (ESA) hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill titled “To Catch a Comet.” Professor Mark McCaughrean, Senior Science Advisor, ESA, gave a briefing and update for the very successful Rosetta-Philae mission. He spoke for almost 90 minutes on the history of mankind’s understanding of comets throughout…
December Activities on Capitol Hill
Dec. 2: House and Senate Armed Services leadership reached an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2015 (S. 1847). This annual bill funds the Department of Defense (DoD), including key military space and cyber-security programs. The bill: Instructs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report assessing the ability of the…
ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain Named 2015 Recipient of General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
In December, the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation unanimously selected Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), as the 2015 recipient of its highest honor — the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. “Jean-Jacques Dordain’s long, distinguished and globally recognized service in the space sector make him an…
A New Lunar Mission for Everyone
Lunar Mission One, the international exploratory mission to the Moon’s South Pole has completed its crowdfunding campaign, raising a total of £672,447 (approx. $1,051,000), exceeding its £600,000 target. Based in the U.K., the Lunar Missions Trust is a not-for-profit organization that is overseeing the governance of the project. Lunar Mission One was backed on Kickstarter…
Roundtable at 11th Colorado Space Roundup Highlights Global Space Economies
On Dec. 10, the Space Foundation was a sponsor of the 11th Colorado Space Roundup at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The event is held annually by the Colorado Space Coalition and the Colorado Space Business Roundtable. The third of the day’s four roundtables was “Connecting: Global Space Economies,” moderated by the Space…
Lowest Industry Registration Rate for 31st Space Symposium Available Until Jan. 16
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2014) – The Space Foundation is currently offering the lowest rate that will be available for standard industry registration for its 31st Space Symposium, to be held April 13-16, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. This international space conference annually attracts thousands of the world’s leading space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Demonstrates 3D Printed Rocket Propulsion System for Satellites
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Dec. 15, 2014) — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has successfully completed a hot-fire test of its MPS-120™ CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System™ (CHAMPS™). The MPS-120 is the first 3D-printed hydrazine integrated propulsion system and is designed to provide propulsion for CubeSats, enabling missions not previously available to these tiny…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supported Mission for U.S. Government with Inaugural Launch of RL10C-1 Upper-Stage Engine
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Dec. 12, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, played a major role to successfully place a classified payload into orbit for the U.S. government with the inaugural launch of an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
Space Angels Network pens Incubator Partnership with Space-Nest
LOS ANGELES, Calif., (Dec. 10, 2014) — Today Space-Nest sponsored Space Angels Network, launching a relationship that will incubate space startups. The organizations’ collaboration will connect Space Angels Network’s private capital and startup expertise with Space-Nest’s entrepreneurs. Space-Nest will also act as Space Angels Network’s Tel Aviv Network Hub, the network’s first in the Middle…