Space Foundation News & Media
Successful SLS Core Stage Hot-Fire Test Puts America One Step Closer to Returning to the Moon
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., March 18, 2021 – The four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engines that power the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) fired in unison for the second time on March 18 in Test 8 of the Core Stage Green Run series. The successful completion of this test brought America’s heavy-lift deep space exploration rocket one…
Space4U Podcast: Alan Mittelman – Founder, CEO, and President of Eagle Eyes Optics
In this episode: We meet Alan Mittelman, Founder, CEO, and President of SunTiger, Inc./DBA Eagle Eyes Optics. In the late 1980s, Alan acquired this unique intellectual property for lenses adapted from an innovation originally developed by physicists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and used by astronauts while building the International Space Station (ISS). The technology…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Alan Mittelman
Hello. I am Carah Barbarick with the Space Foundation. And you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today. We are joined by Alan Mittelman. Alan J. Mittelman is the founder, CEO and president of Sun Tiger, Inc. Doing…
Space Foundation Names Eulaliaco LLC as Space Certification Program Partner
‘Rocket Recorder’ Music Workbook Provides Space-Themed Lessons for Children Book incorporates space concepts and space-themed music into recorder lessons Innovative approach to STEAM improves student engagement and music practice Space themes generate student interest in the broader topic of space exploration COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 17, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. to Participate in J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on March 15
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 12, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD) today announced that it will participate in the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference being held on March 15, 2021. Chief Financial Officer Dan Boehle is scheduled to present at 1:10 p.m. EDT / 10:10 a.m. PDT on Monday, March 15. A live webcast of the presentation…
Volunteer Spotlight: Khylin Verplank
These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could not do the work that we do without the generous and tireless support of our volunteers. This week, we are featuring Space Foundation Discovery Center volunteer Khylin Verplank. Khylin is currently a sophomore at Air…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Alice Bunn
There, this is Rich Cooper with the Space Foundation. And this is the Space4U podcast conversations with the people who make today’s space happen. I’m sitting here with Dr. Alice Bunn, who is the director for international with the UK space agency or UK USA. She is the head of delegation for the, for the…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Erin Roethlisberger
Hello. I am Colleen Parith with the Space Foundation. And you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today we are joined by Erin Roethlisberger from Lockheed Martin. Erin is the mission operation system lead for the insight Mars Lander.…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Geoff Chester
Hi there. I’m Rich Cooper with the Space Foundation. And this is the Space4U podcast, a podcast designed to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s space exploration possible. Today. We’re joined by Geoff Chester, the public affairs officer for the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC. A position he’s…
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Anita Greenberg
Hi there. This is Rich Cooper with the Space Foundation. And this is the Space4U podcast the Space Foundation’s new podcast to tell the stories of the amazing people who make today’s adventure in space possible. I’m joined today with Dr. Anita Greenberg, the chief operating officer and vice president for academics with OPEX global…