Space Foundation News & Media
Space Foundation Visits Orbital Sciences Corporation
In February, a team from the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office visited Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Va., and toured the mission control centers, as well as the spacecraft manufacturing facilities. It is at this location that the company’s spacecraft are designed, built and tested, including civilian, commercial and national security spacecraft. The tour included a…
House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space Holds Hearing
In February, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space held a hearing on “Necessary Updates to the Commercial Space Launch Act.” The Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA), first passed in 1984, and amended several times since then, gives authority to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to license commercial launches and indemnify launch providers…
Senate Armed Services Committee Interested in Cyber Deterrence Strategy
On Feb. 27, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing entitled, “U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015.” While the hearing normally reviews President Obama’s budget request for these two Commands, due to the budget being released a month late (March 4) the…
Science Committee Agrees Mars is Ultimate Destination; Disagrees on Timing
On Feb. 27, the House Science, Space & Technology Committee held a hearing entitled, “Mars Flyby 2021: The First Deep Space Mission for the Orion and Space Launch System?” Members of Congress agreed that Mars was the ultimate destination for NASA’s human exploration program, but differed on whether NASA would be ready to support a…
Canadian Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield to be Honored with 2014 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
In 2013, millions of people around the world watched as Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield played his guitar from the International Space Station (ISS), covering David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity.” In 2014, the Space Foundation will honor Hadfield with the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award for his use of social media to engage millions…
Apply Now for International Space Generation Fusion Forum 2014: Held in Conjunction with 30th Space Symposium
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is accepting applications until March 30 to attend the Space Generation Fusion Forum 2014, a U.S. space event for select university students and young professionals from around the world. The Fusion Forum will take place May 18 and 19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, and…
Space Foundation Congratulates JAXA and NASA on Successful GPM Launch
The Space Foundation congratulates Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA on the successful launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Earth observation mission from pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center, Thursday, Feb. 27 (U.S. time), Tanegashima, Japan. Launched upon a Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA- JAXA Global GPM Core Observatory, GPM, will…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Provides Propulsion for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, provided propulsion for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite, launched from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket. Once separated from the launch vehicle, the GPM satellite uses 12 Aerojet Rocketdyne MR-106L 5.0 lbf monopropellant thrusters…
Northrop Grumman's Delivery of Modular Space Vehicle Means Faster, Flexible, Small Satellite Launch Capabilities
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 26, 2014) – Battlefield commanders have long wanted satellites that can be assembled quickly and launched rapidly to meet immediate needs. Now they have that capability with the plug-and-play Modular Space Vehicle (MSV) delivered Feb. 25 by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC). A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=23831. The…
Pulham to Receive 2014 Space Education Inspiration Award
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will be honored in 2014 with the Space Education Inspiration Award, recognizing his support and promotion of space education and innovation, specifically in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The award will be presented to Pulham by the Federation of Galaxy Explorers at the 2014 Galaxy…