The Aerospace Corporation

Committed to assuring 100-percent space mission success. This is our promise.

Space provides critical global resources like navigation and is key to our national security. The failure of a launch vehicle or satellite can have catastrophic consequences to both the global economy and our national security. The Aerospace Corporation's No. 1 role is helping assure space mission success.

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Features

"Getting It Right -- Partnering for Mission Success" Newsletter: In the June-July edition: The Space Quality Improvement Council (SQIC) and Space Supplier Council (SSC) tackle three issues that plague national security space acquisitions: technology insertion, workforce expertise, and obsolescence -- An expert consultant in the satellite telecommunications industry takes a hard look at risk and mitigation -- The Air Force Space Command leader endorses mission assurance Lessons learned from an expert in manufacturing process solutions and from NASA's IMAGE ÉMission Assurance Improvement Workshop sets 2012 topics -- plus recent guidance and related media; events calendar; and the Aerospace Corporate Chief Engineering Office's perspective on a recipe for efficiency and effectiveness. More
Structured to Deliver Results: Aerospace employs a unique engineering and technology matrix so that the leading expertise can be applied to the toughest technical challenges. More
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If you are a member of the media and would like general information, please check the "About Us" tab at the top of this webpage. If you have a specific question, would like to set up an interview with one of our scientists or executives, or have any other requests, please call us at 310-336-1192 or 310-469-3428, or email us at mediaqueries@aero.org.
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What's New

Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Chantilly Campus: The Aerospace Corporation broke ground on a new 40-acre campus in Chantilly, Va., on June 16, 2011. Construction of the master-planned, multiphased project in the Westfields area is scheduled to begin in July 2011. The initial phase of the development includes approximately 180,000 square feet of Class A office, a visitor center, data center, and underground and surface parking areas.
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Aerospace Commercial Crew Modeling Tool Update: Aerospace developed a tool that would be helpful in assessing the business case for NASA’s commercial crew transportation system. NASA funded development of the tool as a way to examine costs for commercial crew from various angles.
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Aerospace Scores With Robotics Teams: A group of Aerospace employees volunteered as mentors for several teams competing in the Los Angeles Regional competition March 24 to 26 at the Long Beach Arena. One of the teams placed seventh out of 63; more importantly, the mentors encouraged dozens of students in their pursuit of an education that included science and technology.
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First REBR Reentry a Success: The first Reentry Breakup Recorder (REBR), an instrument designed and constructed by engineers at The Aerospace Corporation, successfully recorded data as it plunged through the atmosphere on Tuesday night aboard the disintegrating Japanese HTV-2 spacecraft. The REBR then "phoned home" the data via the Iridium satellite system as it fell into the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday evening.
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Unique Aerospace Invention Ready for Debut: The first Reentry Breakup Recorder (REBR), an instrument designed and constructed by engineers at The Aerospace Corporation, is set to plunge to Earth on March 29, shortly after 8 p.m. PDT. The REBR is a small autonomous device that is designed to record temperature, acceleration, rotation rate, and other data as a spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere. The REBRS will be attached to spacecraft returning to Earth from the ISS and will take measurements as the spacecraft breaks up during its reentry.
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