New Generation Initiatives
New Generation Spotlight: Women in Aerospace
This new series in Space Watch spotlights one New Generation participant and one New Gen mentor, providing insight into the success of these space professionals. The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded in 2008 as a forum to foster long-term peer relationships between young space professionals, aged 35 and younger, and top space leaders and…
Sierra Nevada Corporation and the United Nations Announce First-Ever Dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser® Space Mission
Launching a Dedicated Dream Chaser Microgravity Mission for Member States in 2021 SPARKS, Nev. (Sept. 27, 2016) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and have announced details of the first-ever United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in Guadalajara, Mexico. The dedicated Dream Chaser® Mission is…
Space Foundation Discovery Center Offers Free and Family-Friendly Events
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 26, 2016) – With the changing of the leaves and children returning to school, new family-friendly programs are starting at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. Beginning this month, the Discovery Center is bringing families together for a new free evening event, the Family Star Party. Inspiring the next generation…
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Interns Gain Powerful Experience
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 26, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), hosted its largest group of college interns this summer with 79 students. In the past three years, Aerojet Rocketdyne has hired 196 interns from more than 50 different universities across the nation. “Our internship and co-operative education…
Celebrate Colorado's Achievements in Space at the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame Gala
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 21, 2016) – The public is invited to a new black-tie event celebrating all aspects of Colorado’s contributions in space. The first Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame Gala will be held Friday, Oct. 7, at Mile High Station in Denver. The gala will benefit science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)…
Sierra Nevada Corporation and Solar Junction Corporation Launch New Cost-Saving Advanced Solar Array Technology
SPARKS, Nev. (September 20, 2016) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Solar Junction Corporation (Solar Junction) are launching a revolutionary new technology that will increase the efficiency of spacecraft solar array production and operation and lower the overall cost, providing a direct savings to customers. These advanced solar arrays are manufactured utilizing a patent-pending Surface Mount Technology…
Space Foundation Partners with Project PoSSUM to Provide Immersive Astronautics Education
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 15, 2016) — The Space Foundation is partnering with Project PoSSUM to offer the PoSSUM Academy upper-atmospheric and astronautics education program in 2017. The program, designed by upper atmospheric scientists and former NASA astronaut instructors, is an immersive education program for high-school and undergraduate students. PoSSUM Academy students learn about upper-atmospheric…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft to Explore Near-Earth Asteroid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 8, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft, now on its way to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu, to bring a sample back to Earth for study. The mission was launched…
Nomination Deadline is Sept. 30 for 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 12, 2016) – Each spring, the Space Foundation holds a special luncheon during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs to confer its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. Only a few weeks remain to submit a nomination for the person to be honored in 2017. Nominations…
Submit Paper Abstracts by Nov. 18 for 33rd Space Symposium Technical Track
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 7, 2016) – The Space Foundation is announcing a Call for Abstracts for the Technical Track presentations to be delivered on April 3, 2017, as part of the 33rd Space Symposium. Tech Track sessions offer registrants an opportunity to hear from government and industry leaders in space technology development, and to…