2004-2005 Enterprise Success Stories

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Date Posted Subject
December 27, 2005 Gearing Up for ISCe 2006
December 19, 2005 HQ Air Force Space Command Commander To Retire
December 13, 2005 Updating Aerospace States Association Information (ASA) (MSWord doc, 312 kb)
December 12, 2005
December 8, 2005 Sea Launch Awarded SPACEWAY 3 Contract by Hughes Network Systems (PDF, 92 kb)
December 7, 2005
December 6, 2005
November 30, 2005 Highlights from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for December 2005
November 28, 2005
November 23, 2005
November 16, 2005 Oakland Space Exploration Schools Get Big Money from State to Open in Fall 2006
November 8, 2005
November 2, 2005
October 27, 2005 SpaceDev and Starsys Sign Merger Agreement
October 20, 2005 NASA Exploration System Mission Directorate Industry Days
October 18, 2005 Above the High Desert: Local Stories from the Career of Neil Armstrong
October 11, 2005 Oak Middle School Decelerator Project for Launch (PDF, 268 kb)
October 10, 2005
October 6, 2005 SpaceShipOne Now Hangs in the National Air and Space Museum
September 29, 2005 Scott Horowitz--AA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
September 23, 2005 "Magnificent Desolation"
September 21, 2005
September 19, 2005
September 12, 2005 SpaceX Announces the Falcon 9 Fully Reusable Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle
September 9, 2005 NASA Deputy Administrator Frederick Gregory Resigns
September 7, 2005

Space and Satellite Market Surpasses $103B, to Reach $158B by 2010
September 2, 2005 Lockheed Martin Extends Hours for Hurricane Katrina Employee Assistance Hotline
August 31, 2005
August 29, 2005
August 25, 2005 Space 100 – Air Force Preparing the Future Space Professional Workforce
August 22, 2005
August 16, 2005 Governor Schwarzenegger Welcomes Home Space Shuttle Discovery and Seven Astronauts
August 15, 2005 Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Hardware for Missile Warning System
August 11, 2005 Rep. Calvert Visits NASA Ames Research Center
August 9, 2005 Rep. Calvert Welcomes Discovery Home
August 4, 2005 United Technologies Completes Rocketdyne Acquisition
July 28, 2005 Branson and Rutan Form "The Spaceship Company", (PDF, 280 kb)
July 27, 2005
July 26, 2005 Lockheed Martin Hubble Space Telescope Teams Receive NASA Honors
July 24, 2005 Advanced Technologies Picked for NASA Project
July 20, 2005 Final survey report from Gallup (PDF, 164 kb)
July 14, 2005 House Science Committee Approves H.R. 3070, the NASA Authorization Act of 2005
July 11, 2005 July 2005 NASA Dryden Highlights
July 6, 2005
June 30, 2005
June 16, 2005 Lockheed Martin Successfully Test Fires Second Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Hybrid Motor
June 14, 2005 CSA and Invest in Germany Hold Senior Exec Luncheon
June 13, 2005 Nation's Newest USAF Weather Satellite Delivered to Launch Site
June 1, 2005
May 27, 2005

SpaceX Completes Final Milestone Before Falcon I Maiden Launch
May 27, 2005

Mobile Satellite Ventures Receives FCC Authority For Next Generation L Band Satellite, May 25, 2005
May 26, 2005

Successful Flight Test of the Prospector 6 NLV Development Vehicle, May 23, 2005
May 25, 2005

Solid Rocket Motor Tested At Lab
May 18, 2005 NASA Co-Sponsors Nanotechnology Conference in Silicon Valley
May 16, 2005
May 9, 2005 Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Is Open for Business! (www.seaonline.org)
Boeing, Lockheed Martin to Form Launch Services Joint Venture
April 28, 2005 Boeing Dedication Ceremony
April 27, 2005
April 25, 2005
April 19, 2005 Solid Rocket Motor Tested at LAB
April 14, 2005
April 12, 2005 April 2005 NASA Dryden HighlightsFullteron, Two Others To Be Inducted Into Astronaut Hall of Fame
April 11, 2005
April 6, 2005 April 2005 NASA Dryden Highlights
March 22, 2005 Noted NASA Aeronautics Ressearcher Dale Reed Dies
March 11, 2005 Boehlert, Calvert Praise Nomination of Mike Griffin As NASA Administrator
March 9, 2005 The International Space University (ISU) Annual Introductory Space Course
March 2, 2005 Launch Certificate Presented to Los Alamitos School
March 1, 2005 NASA Issues Solicitation for Crew Exploration Vehicle
Febriary 28, 2005 NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Industry Day
Febuary 23, 2005 Space Shuttle Gets a "LIFT" from NASA Dryden F-15B
Febriary 11, 2005 Lockheed Martin Delivers First Atlas V Booster to West Coast Launch Site
Febuary 7, 2005 February 2005 NASA Dryden Highlights
Febriary 3, 2005 Hybrid Rocket Successfully Test-Fired at Edwards AFB, California
January 27, 2005 Team America Rocketry Challenge
January 25, 2005

BABC Holding Its Second Aerospace Manufacturing Conference on March 7 (see Events page)
January 10, 2005 Rep. Jerry Lewis to Chair House Appropriations Committee
December 22, 2004 SpaceDev's January 2005 Newsletter, (PDF, 36k)
December 17, 2004 NASA Selects Northrop Grumman To Help Achieve Vision for Space Exploration; Company Offers Innovative Concepts for Human and Robotic Technology
December 13, 2004 Opportunity for a School to Build a Payload
December 7, 2004 Dryden Highlights November 2004 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
November 9, 2004 Governor Schwarzenegger Establishes Council on Base Support and Retention
November 4, 2004 Downey Center Designated as Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center
October 21, 2004 FALCON Hybrid Rocket Being Tested on Edwards Test Stand 2-A
October 11, 2004 SpaceX Transfers Falcon Rocket to Vandenberg Launch Complex
October 7, 2004
October 1, 2004 NASA RFI: Commercial Space Transportation Services
September 30, 2004
September 27, 2004 California's Microcosm Will Lead a Phase II Award Team for Small Launch Vehicle from DARPA
September 7, 2004 Two California Schools Launch Payloads Together
September 4, 2004 Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard to Host Milcom 2004 Featuring Nation's Top Military Communications Officials
August 16, 2004
August 9, 2004
August 2, 2004

Research and Development Opportunities in Human and Robotic Technology
July 27, 2004 Go for Launch! X Prize Foundation Announces Teams Ready to Compete for $10 Million
June 23, 2004 Sea Launch Team Prepares for Telstar 18 Mission
June 10, 2004 Moonwalker/Shuttle Commander to Help Lead Discussion on Moon Settlement
June 1, 2004 JPL's Gen Tattini Keynotes at CSA's ISCe Welcome Luncheon
May 24, 2004 Association of the U.S. Army/Space and Missile Defense Command to participate in symposium at Long Beach
May 22, 2004 Job Position Available at Skirball's Albert Einstein Exhibit
May 22, 2004 Demonstration of the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor Flight Simulator
May 22, 2004 Former Hollywood Stuntman's Amateur Rocket Reaches Space
May 21, 2004 Federal Grants, Procurement, and Appropriations Workshop
May 20, 2004 House Defies Bush Order on Base Closings
May 20, 2004 California Moves To Protect Itself Against Base Closures
May 18, 2004 Lockheed Martin Moves Another Step Closer to a Mobile Launch Range Concept
May 18, 2004 May 25 Meeting on NASA's Space Exploration Activities at JPL
May 17, 2004 Space Exploration Alliance to mobilize 'Moon-Mars Blitz' on Capitol Hill
May 17, 2004 CSA Executive Director Recently Named to the Aerospace Advisory Committee of the California Commission for Economic Development (CED)
May 17, 2004 CSA Bids Farewell to Senator William J."Pete" Knight
May 13, 2004 California Company Takes Another Successfull Step in Private Manned Space Program
May 11, 2004 NASA Schedules Centennial Challenges Workshop
May 11, 2004 NASA Exploration Systems Enterprise Request for Information
May 11, 2004 USC Distance Education Network (DEN) offers Masters in Engineering
May 6, 2004 Public Launch Viewing at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
May 5, 2004 Celebrating Anniversary of Historic Space Flight, Ansari Family's Donation Gives Huge Boost to Future Space Travel and Tourism
May 4, 2004 Sea Launch Successfully Delivers DIRECTV 7S to Orbit - Heaviest Commercial Satellite Ever Launched Successfully
May 3, 2004 CCAT - Solicitation 2004-01 IA, Industry and Academic Research Institutions, for DoD and DHS
April 29, 2004 CSA Member Discounts Available for ISCe, June 1-3, 2004
April 26, 2004 NASA Office of Exploration Systems Announcement of Presolicitation Conference, May 7, 2004
April 26, 2004 USAF Service demographics offer snapshot of force, April 21, 2004
April 26, 2004 JPL Industry Day 2004, May 27, 2004
April 13, 2004

Eighth Annual Space Day in Sacramento a Huge Success
April 9, 2004

1st Annual CubeSat Developers' Workshop, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
April 9, 2004 Space Camp® Pilot Project at Queen Mary
April 8, 2004 Second Successful Rocket-Powered Flight for American SpaceShipOne Team
April 8, 2004 FAA Issues License for Historic Sub-Orbital Manned Rocket Launch, April 7, 2004
April 5, 2004 Meet Matt Everingham, CSA's Intern at the Sacramento Office
March 29, 2004 FAA/AST Releases Study: The Economic Impact of Commmercial Space Transportation on the U.S. Economy - 2004
March 26, 2004 CSA Joins Coalition for Space Exploration
March 26, 2004 CSA to do ARJIS Demo at Disaster Resistant California (DRC) Conference 2004, May 3-5, 2004
March 26, 2004 26 California High School Robotics Teams to Compete at NASA's FIRST Finals in Atlanta, April 15-17, 2004
March 24, 2004 CSA Space Week 2004 in Washington DC, March 16-18
March 24, 2004 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): HSARPA, Acquisition, PCII, OSDBU
March 24, 2004 BIO '04 - Sponsorship Opportunity for Major Bioscience Event, June 6-9
March 23, 2004 To the Moon from Vandenberg? Sure!
March 11, 2004 Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Major General Thomas Eres as Adjutant General of the State Military Forces, March 3
March 11, 2004 JPL Announces New Exploration Office, Management Changes, February 27
March 5, 2004 Space Bill Rockets Toward Congressional Approval, March 4
March 4, 2004 'Transformation Flight Plan' Gives Roadmap to USAF Future
February 26, 2004 Congratulatory Letter from CSA to the California Congressional Delegation
February 26, 2004 Manufacturing jobs and gross sales from start-up companies and in-migrants fail to match the job and sales losses from business failures and departures, February 25, 2004
February 24, 2004 Point-Counterpoint on the President's Space Policy
February 23, 2004 Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Stacy Carlson Director of Washington, D.C. Office, January 21
February 20, 2004 Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments at the Office of Military Base Retention and Reuse
February 19, 2004 Unique Job Position Available at Skirball's Albert Einstein Exhibit
February 12, 2004 Senators Feinstein and Boxer ‘Disappointed' that Final BRAC Criteria Do Not Reflect California Legislators' Concerns
February 12, 2004 Committee Questions Spending Required for President's Space Policy
February 9, 2004 Senator Feinstein Seeks New Criteria in Base Closure Decisions, January 29, 2004
February 9, 2004 Lockheed Martin Begins Atlas V West Coast Launch Pad Renovations, January 14
February 4, 2004 Holding the Line on Taxes
February 3, 2004 Governor Thanks CSA for Input Regarding BRAC
February 2, 2004 California's Universal Space Network, Inc. (USN) Announces Expansion of Capabilities and Infrastructure in Hawaii and Alaska
January 26, 2004 CSA Supports Manufacturing Conference by British American Business Council of Los Angeles
January 25, 2004 NASA/JPL's Opportunity Successfully Lands on Mars, January 24, 2004
January 24, 2004 Statement of the Honorable Jane Harman on the Signing of the SAMS Contract, January 23, 2004
January 23, 2004 House Honors Mars Rover Success, January 21, 2004
January 20, 2004 Pt Mugu Gets $4.5B Missile Defense Contract
January 16, 2004 Huge Rocket Component Test Stand Completed, January 14, 2004