Space Foundation News & Media
Aerojet Rocket Motors Propel Successful Standard Missile-3 Intercept
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 10, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it contributed to last night’s successful flight test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB where the missile intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target. Aerojet’s MK 72 booster and MK 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provided the first and second stage…
Space Foundation Student Art Contest Winning Artwork Bounces Off the Moon
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 8, 2012) – The Space Foundation’s annual Student Art Contest winners are developing a reputation for actual space travel. Digital versions of last year’s winners are all permanently in residence on the International Space Station. Two of this year’s winners have traveled an additional 277,000 miles to the Moon and back.…
Water Filtration Design Challenge Demonstrates Link Between Space and a Better Life on Earth
Join the Space Foundation on Tuesday evening, May 8, for the Water Filtration Design Challenge, a fun and educational exercise for children and adults that includes creating a water filtration system based on processes used aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event, which will be held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute at 105 Coleridge…
Aerojet Solid Rocket Boosters Help Launch Military Communications Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 4, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) helped power today’s launch of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a military payload. Launching in its 531 configuration, the Atlas V vehicle relied on the power of three Aerojet SRBs. Each SRB measures 67-feet…
Certification Partners Enhance Teacher Liaison Workshop
This April for the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, 69 Teacher Liaisons attended an all-day workshop, enhanced by presentations involving three Space Foundation Space Certification Program Partner companies and another organization that is exploring certification linkage with the Space Foundation. Space Certification Program Partners are those recognized by the Space Foundation and displaying…
1248 Report Unveiled at the National Space Symposium
Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, U.S. Department of Defense, took advantage of the prestigious gathering of top space policymakers at the 28th National Space Symposium to announce a major report on space export control policy. Congress had requested the report from the Secretary of Defense and State in Section 1248…
Bills Affecting NASA, NOAA Budgets Released
On April 19, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which funds several agencies, including NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Senate bill would provide NASA with $19.399 billion in FY 2013, $1.6 billion above the President’s request. However, the increase is…
SGAC Fusion Forum Intersects with Symposium
The United Nations’ Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), an organization of university students and young professionals from around the world engaged in space policy, participated in the 28th National Space Symposium in a big way, beginning with the inaugural Space Generation Fusion Forum. Held April 15-16 at The Broadmoor Hotel, site of the National Space Symposium, Fusion Forum comprised a competitively chosen group…
New Generation Panel Looks at Risk, Opportunities
New Generation Space Leaders participated in a wide range of special programs and general attendee events at the 28th National Space Symposium. The first targeted workshop, Taking Risk and Creating Opportunities, held on April 17, was moderated by Space Foundation Government Affairs Associate Tommy Sanford and included: Dr. Lance Bush, president and chief executive officer, Challenger Center…
Panel Covers Effects of Tightening Budgets
New Generation Space Leaders attending the 28th National Space Symposium learned about space budgets from a panel of experts on April 18. The Exploring the Heavens and Protecting the Warfighter on a Budget panel covered the effect of tightening budgets on both NASA and Department of Defense space activities. Since the challenging budget environment is likely to…