Category:Rocketdyne


 * Rocketdyne — a company founded in 1955 for the research, development, and manufacturing of rocket engines, used for missiles and aerospace rockets and vehicles.
 * The Rocketdyne Division was part of: North American Aviation (NAA) (1955-1967); North American Rockwell (1967-1973); Rockwell International (1973-1996); and Boeing (1996-2005); then as Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne with Pratt & Whitney of United Technologies Corporation (2005-2013); and now as Aerojet Rocketdyne of GenCorp (2013-present).
 * Main rocket engine production was done at the large Rocketdyne facility located in Canoga Park (1955-2013), in the western San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.
 * The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) was opened in 1947 by NAA in the nearby Simi Hills, to land-test forerunner and Rocketdyne engines. The Atomics International division began nuclear research and processing there in the 1950s. Closed since 2006, SSFL is a major state "Superfund" site for the cleanup of chemicals and radionuclides in the soil and groundwater, by Boeing, NASA, and DOE.}}