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NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Missions

26 Apr , 2016 by Ken Kremer

NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) system that will serve as a critical enabling technology for sending humans and robots on deep space exploration missions to cislunar space, asteroids and the Red Planet.

NASA Awards Contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne to Restart RS-25 Engine Production for SLS Mars Rocket

24 Nov , 2015 by Ken Kremer

NASA took another big step on the path to propel our astronauts back to deep space and ultimately on to Mars with the long awaited decision to formally restart production of the venerable RS-25 engine that will power the first stage of the agency’s mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) heavy lift rocket, currently under development. […]

Boeing Rejects Aerojet Rocketdyne Bid for ULA and Affirms Vulcan Rocket Support, Lockheed Martin Noncommittal

18 Sep , 2015 by Ken Kremer

Boeing has officially and publicly rejected a bid by Aerojet Rocketdyne to buy rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA), which the firm co-owns with rival aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. Furthermore Boeing affirmed support for ULA’s new next generation Vulcan rocket now under development, a spokesperson confirmed to Universe Today. Aerojet Rocketdyne, which supplies critical rocket […]

Aerojet-Rocketdyne Seeks to Buy United Launch Alliance for $2 Billion

9 Sep , 2015 by Ken Kremer

America’s premier rocket launch services provider United Launch Alliance, or ULA, may be up for sale according to media reports, including Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. Any such sale would result in a major shakeup of the American rocket launching business with far reaching implications. Aerojet-Rocketdyne has apparently made a bid to buy ULA […]

Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 30, 2015: Paul Hildebrandt Fights for Space!

30 Jan , 2015 by Fraser Cain Video

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Special Guest: Paul Hildebrandt from Fight For Space

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