Look what’s been going on in the M2 High Bay in Redondo Beach.

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2018 TRA Summer Reunion

Around 90 of your fellow TRA members got together for a Sunday lunch, camaraderie, and a talk about where the space business is heading from David Zabalaoui, Space Systems Division Director of Strategy at Northrop Grumman. Dave pointed out that our systems have legacy and that many systems that our retirees helped launch, were either still active programs, or were predecessors to follow-on systems within the same mission area.

Photos from the event are now posted! To see them or our photo archives, just hover over the “TRA Events” tab in the Main Menu and click on “Past Event Photos.” Or, just click on the image to the right.

JWST Tour

Over 80 members and guests took a tour of the Aerospace Museum and a visit to the High Bay Observation Deck to see the JWST Spacecraft and Sunshield Assembly. A second tour has been scheduled for Thursday, April 5 at 11 am; reservations for that tour has been closed. But, the satellite will be available to viewing through next year, so we will be hosting additional tours as the integration progresses.

Photos from the February event have been posted! Click here to see the photo gallery.

TRA Chocolate Tasting Adventure

Engineer Emeritus and TRA member David Vandervoet hosted a special event on April 26. 36 TRA members got to experience a blind tasting of 7 premier chocolates produced from cacao pods grown around the world and decide which you like the best.

This event was held Thursday, April 26, 2018. To see more photos of the event, click here.

2017 TRA Holiday Party

The 2017 TRA Holiday Party was held Friday, Dec. 1 at the Ports O’ Call Restaurant in San Pedro. Nearly 200 of your fellow alumni and their guests registered to celebrate the season.
Finally, we’ve posted photos from the event! To see the photos, visit our Past Event Photos page under the TRA Events tag on the Main Menu, or just click here.

What’s New on the Site

Meet the new head of the Space Systems organization within NG Aerospace Sector. John Daegele has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the Space Systems organization replacing Jeff Grant, who has announced his retirement. For more info, please click here.

You should have received the final issue of the No Name Gazette for 2018. To read an on-line version of the No Name Gazette, please click here.

We have received word of recent passing of some of our colleagues. To read member comments, or to leave your thoughts, please visit our In Memoriam page.

A retiree mentors STEM students

We have an opportunity to leverage our STEM experience and give back to society by volunteering to tutor under-resourced students. To find out more information, see our post by clicking here.

We have now posted an updated list of NG Clubs. Retirees are welcome to join as associate members. For details, click here.