Events Archive

Secure World Foundation’s co-founder had a vision that space should be secure and sustainable, and used for peaceful purposes that benefit all of humanity. Listen to Aerospace’s Dr. Angie Bukley talk to current President, co-founder and philanthropist, Cynda Collins Arsenault, about SWF and her other foundational work empowering women for our future.

The Aerospace Corporation will host the Session Two Program, “Increasing Perils of LEO Operations,” for the 23rd Annual SPRSA Small Payload Ride Share Symposium. Aerospace’s Dr. Mark Skinner hosts the session, which will include a number of Aerospace subject matter experts presenting on space safety-related topics,.

Have you ever imagined a city or suburb with unmanned aerial vehicles ready to take you or your goods where they need to go?  How do air traffic policy and regulations need to change for the most promising use cases to be realized?  Is the technology really there yet?  Join Aerospace experts Emily Cadima and Christopher Lawson as they talk to Dipasis Bhadra from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Aviation Policy and Plans discuss this and more.

How are the nation’s FFRDC’s managing the current upswing across the country to bring greater diversity, equity and inclusion to the forefront?  Why is DEI important to the US space enterprise? What role does leadership play? In this episode join AF Maj Gen (ret) Ed Bolton, as he talks with Tony Magaro, Via Van Liew, and Chevalier “Chevy” Cleaves about these questions and more.

How is the US Air Force Academy making changes to its military training and academic curriculum to better prepare cadets for entering the Space Force? Developing space-ready officers is a joint effort. This episode features Colonel Jeffrey Greenwood (USSF) and Colonel Luke Sauter (AF) and Aerospace expert Mick Gleason and Cadet Courtney Kirkpatrick.

Listen to experts George Nield (former FAA) and Grant Cates (Aerospace) talk to Kreston Barron of The Center for Space Policy & Strategy about how commercial spaceflight providers and US policymakers could help improve the safety of space travel. 

The number of players in space continues to increase – internationally and commercially. For better safety and security there needs to be norms of behavior for operating in space. The US wants to lead the development of norms but what is a good framework for developing that? Join Aerospace’s Robin Dickey and Catrina Melograna discuss Robin’s research in this area.

Over the last year, the US Marine Corps has laid out a new concept to better organize for using and leveraging technology, also calling it force design. What can be learned from the Marine Corps’ experience in exploring, implementing and executing force design as a way to shape the Space Force?  Join Russell Rumbaugh (Aerospace, CSPS) as he talks to Jonathan Wong (RAND), who has been studying how the Marines have undertaken this major initiative. 

What are the National Labs and FFRDCs and how do they partner with universities on advanced research and funding for the US space enterprise? What challenges arise with student citizenship and national security topics? How can graduates be inspired to join the space industry opposed to other competitive industries? Join Aerospace’s David Miller as he talks to Dava Newman (MIT), Ann Karagozian (UCLA) and Robert Braun (JPL) as they explore this and more. 

The workshop objective is to establish a forum to discuss the best approaches for designing, modeling, analyzing, and testing modern space systems for acoustic, vibration, and shock environments.

Using nuclear propulsion systems for space missions has been researched for decades. But invigorated by new Mars missions for humans and the 2020 NSP, nuclear (thermal and electric) propulsion is getting lots of attention and research funding. In this episode listen to Aerospace expert Greg Meholic talk to Michael Houts, Nuclear Research Manager for the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

What’s necessary to keep the US space workforce going strong and able to meet the growing demand for skilled, STEM-savvy workers?  Aerospace’s Colleen Stover talks to Mir Sadat (Former Policy Director at the U.S. National Security Council) and Mandy Vaughn on the competition between national security space, civil and commercial, greater inclusion across the sector, and using innovation to attract talent into space

Join Aerospace’s Jamie Morin and Congressmember Don Beyer (D-Va), Chair of the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics as they discuss priorities for space traffic management, infrastructure, workforce development, commercial space, NASA funding, science fiction, and more.

Join Aerospace’s Sam Wilson as he talks about the recent extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Rose Gottemoeller, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO and chief US negotiator of the treaty and Dr. Michael Gleason, senior policy analyst at The Center for Space Policy & Strategy.

Securing the supply chains for space is critical to the space enterprise. The space industrial base is becoming more commercialized and global. What are the challenges and opportunities for reinforcing partnerships with US allies and competing with our near-peers? Aerospace’s David Eccles will talk to Brian Gabriel (Office of Industrial Policy), Jonny Pellish (NASA) and Brad Clevenger (SolAero Technologies)

The Spacecraft Thermal Control Workshop, now in its 31st year, provides the aerospace community a forum to share new technology developments, analytical techniques, and lessons learned in spacecraft thermal control.