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... old 1960s model of the government letting contracts to private firms such as Westinghouse and Aerojet to develop a nuclear rocket wouldn’t work. That would privilege a few while putting ... . In fact, after the B-4 core was proven sound in 1964, Los Alamos and Aerojet/Westinghouse tested nine between 1965 and 1969. That’s one every half year. Even more ... than chemical rocket engines, particularly with the computer modeling tools now available. Los Alamos and Aerojet/Westinghouse pioneered the use of modeling in their tests, taking the data from a run ...

... -- Tethers Unlimited of Bothell, Washington Enabling High Thrust High Delta-V Green Propulsion for CubeSats -- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington These fixed-priced contracts include milestone payments that require a ... Green Propellant Thruster Technology Qualification -- Orbital ATK of Elkton, Maryland GR-1 Aerojet Rocketdyne Glenn Goddard (ARGG) Collaboration -- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington Small, Affordable, High Performance Liquid Rocket Engine Development ...

... -044'' '''NASA Works to Improve Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Exploration''' NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that ... NASA deep space human and robotic exploration missions, as well as private commercial space missions.” Aerojet Rocketdyne will oversee the development and delivery of an integrated electric propulsion system consisting of ...

... begin development work on large solid-fuel rocket motors: Aerojet General Corp., Thiokol Chemical Corp., and Lockheed Propulsion Co. Thiokol and Aerojet would conduct parallel programs leading to demon­stration static firing ...

... through a Verification Instruction Program (VIP) to train and qualify manufacturing and test personnel at Aerojet 's Liquid Rocket Plant. The program would include 30 days of classroom instruction followed by ... management and senior hourly personnel. Program would be operated by NASA Astronaut Frank Borman and Aerojet plant manager Ray C. Stiff, Jr. ''(Space Bus. Daily, 11/8/63, 228)'' President Kennedy ...

... and Laboratory and will contain facilities for noise and vibration testing. ''(MSC Release 63-261)'' Aerojet General Corp. reported it had developed new solid fuels that can propel a missile a ... chemical methods, the propellants have fastest burning rate ever obtained in nonex­plosive solid fuels, Aerojet said. ''(M&R, 12/23/63, 9)'' Dr. Glen Wilson, staff member of Senate Committee ...

... Cola Co. ''(PI, NYT, 10/31/64, 11)'' Dr. Werner R. Kirchner, vice-president of Aerojet-General and director of Solid Rocket Operations, announced the firing of a small solid propellant motor which successfully started and stopped more than six times. In the test, Aerojet used a 4-in. motor with 6 lbs. of propellant. ''(M&R, 11/23/64 ...

... /26/65, A3)'' Al J. Hayes, International Association of Machinists president, said union negotiations with Aerojet-General Corp, would not halt the scheduled two-man Gemini shot at Cape Kennedy on ... union members would continue work at Cape Kennedy even if a walkout were called against Aerojet-General . ''(UPI, Wash, Post, 5/26/65, A3)'' X-22A vertical/short take-off and ...

... )'' Space Nuclear Propulsion Office, Germantown, Md., had extended its contract with Aerojet-General Corp. for development of nuclear propulsion. Aerojet, which had been the prime contractor since 1961 on the NUCLEAR ENGINE ...

... -2), Nation’s largest, was successfully test-fired for NASA in Dade County, Fla., by Aerojet-General Corp. Fueled with polybutadiene, aluminum and ammonium-perchlorate and fired nose down in a ... , 114, 147, 159)’’ Test firing of NASA’s 260-in. solid-propellant rocket motor at Aerojet-General Corporation’s Dade County, Fla., facility. NASA had awarded a $38,000 contract to ...

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