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Director of National Intelligence is Featured Speaker at 30th Space Symposium
Featured speaker for the last day of the Space Foundation’s 30th Space Symposium was The Honorable James R. Clapper (Lieutenant General, USAF, Ret.), Director of National Intelligence. Clapper discussed increasing reliance on commercial space imagery and increasing cooperation between U.S. intelligence agencies. “Our odyssey has been one of coming together. The intelligence agencies would rather…
See Photo Galleries of the 30th Space Symposium
See the places, faces and highlights from the 30th Space Symposium and Cyber 1.4 conferences in the Space Foundation photo galleries here. Photographers Tom Kimmell, Brad Armstrong, Chuck Bigger and Jeff Cloutier captured images, beginning with the set-up of the Boeing Exhibit Center at The Broadmoor on Sunday, May 18, through the final event on Thursday,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Inaugural Standard Missile-3 Block IB Guided Missile Aegis Ashore Launch
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 22, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems successfully contributed to the intercept of a virtual target during the first test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB guided missile from the Aegis Ashore weapon system. The successful test was conducted at the Pacific Missile…
Launch Alliance’s Successful Atlas V Mission for the U.S. Government
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 22, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, played a significant role in successfully launching a national security payload into orbit for the U.S. government. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, with an Aerojet Rocketdyne…
Art Contest Winners Meet Dr. Leroy Chiao at Space Symposium
The Space Foundation welcomed four winners of its 2014 International Student Art Contest to the 30th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs May 21. More than 7,100 entries were received for this year’s contest, representing 54 countries, including 43 U.S. states and two U.S. territories. The 2014 theme was “My Spaceship Looks Like…”…
A. Thomas Young Receives 2014 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
A. Thomas Young was honored on May 21 at the 30th Space Symposium as the 2014 recipient of the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The luncheon is a featured event of the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium, held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Named for the Space Foundation’s former,…
Welcome Ms. Armeen Binte Jafry!
The Space Foundation welcomes Ms. Armeen Binte Jafry and her parents to the Space Symposium. Armeen is a first-place winner in the 3-to-4 year old category of the Space Foundation’s 2014 International Student Art Contest Four-year-old Armeen and her family traveled to Colorado Springs from Bangladesh for the May 21 art contest reception for the…
Corporate Partnership Dinner Features The Honorable Eric Fanning
The Honorable Eric Fanning, the Under Secretary of the Air Force, USAF, was this year’s featured speaker at the 30th Space Symposium Corporate Partnership Dinner. A key event at the annual Space Symposium, the Corporate Partnership Dinner recognizes the organizations that support Space Foundation education, research, analysis, policy and space awareness programs. The dinner, held…
New Generation Rocks SpaceSLAM
New Generation participants enjoyed a new networking opportunity at the Space Symposium this year. SpaceSLAM is a competition between space enthusiasts and professionals in front of a live audience for applause, bragging rights and prizes. SpaceSLAM is part of the Space Foundation’s New Generation Initiatives and was co-sponsored by SLS and Orion Industry Team, with…
Three Northrop Grumman-Built Spacecraft Mark On Orbit Anniversaries In 2014 with Continued Achievements, Additional Years of Performance
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (May 21, 2014) – Two scientific spacecraft and a military communications payload produced by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) are observing major on orbit anniversaries this year as they continue to perform for many additional years beyond their design lives. Chandra X-ray Observatory: This space telescope recently spotted the longest object ever…