50 Years of Assuring Mission Success

The Aerospace Corporation was formally incorporated under the laws of the State of California on June 4, 1960. The next day, the corporation officially began business operations when the first meeting of its board of trustees was held.

On June 25, 1960, Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever of the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missile Division headquarters in El Segundo, California, officially announced the formation of The Aerospace Corporation, a unique nonprofit corporation that would serve the Air Force in the scientific and technical planning and management of its missile space programs. "We have to have the most competent technical people in the country to provide us with the overall management capability for programs of this magnitude and of such importance," he said.

Since then, the visionary men and women of The Aerospace Corporation have assisted the military and intelligence communities in the development and acquisition of our nation's critical defense space assets. We also apply decades of experience in space hardware and software to civil and commercial space ventures.

Oral Histories Past and present leaders from The Aerospace Corporation remember significant events in the company's history.