Space Foundation News & Media
"Mars, Rovers & Robots" Has Launched!
Try your hand at maneuvering underwater robots, build a Mars habitat and see robotic demonstrations at the Discovery Center’s “Mars, Rovers & Robots.” Saturday’s activities on July 12 will also feature a special astronomy-themed SphereCast with ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i on the Discovery Center’s Science On a Sphere® at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Most…
Alliance Spacesystems Expands Solar Power Solutions Unit
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (July 7, 2014) – Alliance Spacesystems, a premier supplier to leading satellite integrators for the fabrication, assembly, integration and testing of major satellite composite structures, has announced the hiring of Ted Stern and Ken Steele to expand its Solar Power Solutions product unit. Ted and Ken bring greater than 60 years of…
“Mars, Rovers & Robots” Begins at the Discovery Center July 8
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 2, 2014) — One of the most popular themes from last year’s Summer of Discovery returns this month — “Mars, Rovers and Robots” will be reprised at the Discovery Center for two weeks beginning Tuesday, July 8. Try your hand at maneuvering underwater robots, build a Mars habitat, see robotic and hovercraft…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports United Launch Alliance Launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 into Orbit for NASA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 2, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, helped propel the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) into orbit for NASA. The OCO-2 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion included an RS-27A booster engine, an AJ10-118K upper-stage engine…
Inmarsat appoints SpaceX for future satellite launches
2 July 2014 – Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite services, today announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its S-band satellite and up to two further Inmarsat missions. Under the terms of its agreement with SpaceX, Inmarsat expects to use the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the City of Folsom Collaborate to Alleviate California Drought Conditions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 1, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and the City of Folsom have completed infrastructure improvements that are designed to preserve the water capacity of Lake Folsom by using treated groundwater for the company’s industrial water system. The improvements include upgrades to a groundwater treatment plant and the construction…
Space Across the Curriculum Provides STEM-based Classroom Activities for Teachers
Space Across the Curriculum courses began June 23 at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. These intensive week-long graduate-level professional development courses are for PreK-12 educators, and provides space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly transferable to the classroom. All of the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses…
Senate Makes Progress on its Bill to Fund NASA and NOAA
On June 5, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up its version of the FY 2015 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. The bill includes funding for both NASA and NOAA programs. In mid-June, the Senate began work to vote on the FY 2015 CJS Appropriations bill by the full Senate. However the bill, combined with…
House Passes Appropriations Bill to Fund the Department of Defense
On June 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4870). The bill includes funding for military space programs. The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee is expected to mark up its version of the bill after Congress returns from its July 4th recess. The Space Foundation has updated…
Space Foundation Signs MOU with World Space Week Association
The Space Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Space Week Association (WSWA) for continued collaboration between the two organizations. The signing took place in Vienna on June 17, with Remco Timmermans, Executive Director, World Space Week Association, and Steve Eisenhart, Space Foundation Senior Vice President Strategic & International Affairs, representing their…