Space Foundation News & Media
European Space Propulsion and European Astrotech Limited Sign Fueling Services Agreement
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (June 18, 2013) – European Space Propulsion (ESP), an Aerojet Rocketdyne company, and European Astrotech Limited (EAL) announced today that they have signed an agreement to combine resources to support the growing satellite fueling services market. Using the companies’ resources and capabilities, the team can extend a global reach supporting multiple launch…
Orbit Logic to Integrate GeoEye-1 into DigitalGlobe Planning Software
GREENBELT, Md. (June 18th, 2013) – Orbit Logic announced today a contract award from DigitalGlobe to integrate the GeoEye-1 satellite into Orbit Logic’s Direct Access Facility Collection Planning System (DAF CPS) software for DigitalGlobe’s Direct Access Program (DAP) customers. The new version of DAF CPS will integrate former GeoEye international ground station partners into standard DigitalGlobe…
Aerojet Rocketdyne SM-3 Block IIA TDACS Completes Full System Hot Fire Testing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 18, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it completed its first Block IIA Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) fully-integrated flight weight system hot fire test for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA program. The SM-3 program is managed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and…
Warren M. Boley, Jr. Named President of Aerojet Rocketdyne
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 17, 2013) – GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) announced today that Warren M. Boley, Jr. will serve as the president of Aerojet Rocketdyne, a recently formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of GenCorp Inc., effective June 17, 2013. Aerojet Rocketdyne brings together the storied capabilities of America’s two premier rocket propulsion companies. Boley first joined Aerojet…
Jim Maser Named GenCorp Head of Corporate Strategy and Development
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 17, 2013) – GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY), headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., announces the appointment of Jim Maser as vice president for Corporate Strategy and Development for the company. Reporting to GenCorp’s President and CEO Scott Seymour, Maser will focus on the growth of GenCorp’s business base and shareholder value. “We are very…
Right now at the Discovery Center
Today until 5:00, June 15 – “Mars, Rovers and Robots” at the Space Foundation Discovery Center, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., off of Garden of the Gods Rd., west of Centennial Blvd., Colorado Springs. During Summer of Discovery, each week focuses on a specific theme, culminating with a full day of special activities each Saturday, included in the…
Moon Rock has Landed at Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 14, 2013) – A Moon rock that was part of the largest sample brought back from the lunar surface by Apollo 15 astronauts is now on display at the Space Foundation Discovery Center, the region’s only space, science and technology attraction. The rock weighs .2 pounds and was part of a…
Visit indiegogo and Support the Scott Carpenter Station Restoration Mission
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 13, 2013) – Scott Carpenter is probably best known for his ride into outer space as a Mercury astronaut, not as an aquatic adventurer. But in 1965, Carpenter broke the record of human underwater habitation by spending 30 days in SEALAB II, an experimental underwater habitat developed by the United States…
GenCorp Completes Acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corporation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 14, 2013) – GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all operations of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne business (Rocketdyne) from United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX). GenCorp will combine Rocketdyne with Aerojet-General Corporation (Aerojet), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GenCorp, and the combined businesses will operate as…
Space Foundation Summer of Discovery Features "Mars, Rovers and Robots," June 11-15
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 7, 2013) – The Space Foundation is offering a full day of space and science adventure at its Discovery Center on Saturday, June 15, kicking off Father’s Day weekend with activities for all ages, part of its 10-week Summer of Discovery. The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the region’s first and…