Press Releases
Aerospace President and CEO Honored with 2012 Horatio Alger Award
Posted January 16, 2012EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2012) — Dr. Wanda M. Austin, president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, has been selected as a winner of the 2012 Horatio Alger Award. She joins a distinguished group of business and community leaders as one of 12 recipients of the honor this year. Austin will be recognized at [...] More »
The Aerospace Corporation Announces Board Changes
Posted December 12, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Dec. 12, 2011) — David M. DiCarlo and Tina W. Jonas were elected to The Aerospace Corporation’s board of trustees on Dec. 7. Rufus A. Fulton Jr. retired from the board effective Dec. 9. DiCarlo has more than 36 years of experience in national space systems. He recently retired from Northrop Grumman [...] More »
Aerospace Settles In Fraud Case Involving Former Employee
Posted December 06, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Dec. 6, 2011) — Today the Department of Justice announced a settlement with The Aerospace Corporation pertaining to the case of a former employee who defrauded the government by falsely claiming dual employment with Aerospace and another company. This illegal act also violates Aerospace’s corporate values and policies, and is not condoned [...] More »
Dr. Margot Wasz Selected as 2012 AIAA Associate Fellow
Posted November 22, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Nov. 22, 2011) — Aerospace Senior Scientist Dr. Margot Wasz has been selected as a 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow. Wasz joins a distinguished group of her colleagues in accepting this honor. An Associate Fellow must be an AIAA Senior Member with at least twelve years of professional [...] More »
Malissia Clinton Honored by the NASBA Center for Public Trust
Posted November 21, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2011) — Malissia Clinton, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, Calif., is the recipient of the 2011 “Being a Difference Award,” presented by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy Center for the Public Trust (NASBA CPT) at an event held [...] More »
The Aerospace Corporation Confirms Reentry of UARS
Posted September 24, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Sept. 24, 2011) — NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) has fallen back to Earth, according to systems monitoring the satellite at The Aerospace Corporation. “An event like this is very exciting to us at Aerospace because there is a great opportunity to learn something new,” said Dr. Bill Ailor, director [...] More »
Decommissioned UARS Satellite Soon to Reenter Earth’s Atmosphere
Posted September 23, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Sept. 23, 2011) — The Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) is predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere Friday, Sept. 23, at 9:04 Pacific Time, plus or minus 3 hours. “This is not an uncommon event; space debris is reentering our atmosphere all of the time,” said Dr. William Ailor, director of the Center [...] More »
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. George K. Muellner Elected to Board of The Aerospace Corporation
Posted September 13, 2011EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Sept. 13, 2011) – George K. Muellner, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force, was elected to a three-year term during The Aerospace Corporation’s September board meeting in El Segundo, Calif. Muellner retired as president of Advanced Systems for Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit in 2008. In this position [...] More »
The Aerospace Corporation Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Chantilly, Va., Facilities
Posted June 22, 2011CHANTILLY, VA (June 22, 2011) — The Aerospace Corporation broke ground on a new 40-acre campus in Chantilly, Va., on June 16, 2011. More than 200 people attended the event, including leadership from Aerospace, Fairfax County, and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), a major customer of Aerospace. Construction of the master-planned, multiphased project in the [...] More »
The Aerospace Corporation Named One Of The World’s Most Ethical Companies
Posted March 19, 2011El Segundo, Calif. (March 19, 2011) — The Aerospace Corporation has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Out of a record number of nominations for the award, Aerospace secured a hard-earned spot on the list through outstanding business practices and initiatives that are instrumental to the [...] More »
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