ORGANIZATION

"The Aerospace Corporation has provided independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs since 1960. We operate a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office and support all national-security space programs. We also apply more than 40 years of experience with space systems to projects for civil agencies like NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, commercial companies, universities, and some international organizations in the national interest."

Official Website:
http://www.aero.org/

Location:
El Segundo, CA

Founding Date:
1960

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pete Aldridge	Business	18-Aug-1938		Under Secretary of Defense, 2001-03
Barbara M. Barrett	Attorney	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Finland
Ivan Getting	Inventor	18-Jan-1912	11-Oct-2003	Global Positioning System
Elizabeth Paté-Cornell	Educator	17-Aug-1948		Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor
Sally Ride	Astronaut	26-May-1951	23-Jul-2012	First American woman in space
Ronald D. Sugar	Business	1948		CEO of Northrop Grumman

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