AEROSPACE IS PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DNA AND APT TO PROPEL THE REGION AND WORLD TO NEW HEIGHTS

Check out the latest article by our South Bay professional David Kudrave talking about our region’s strong aerospace industry.

The year 2020 has presented extraordinary challenges, but if there could be one positive we can glean from these uncertain times it is this: it has been an incredible year, so far, for space exploration and aerospace – especially in Southern California.

Aerospace, particularly space exploration, is booming. In late July, NASA launched the successor to the Mars Curiosity rover—Perseverance—which was designed and built by La Ca?ada Flintridge-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). On August 2, astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken returned to Earth two months after successfully launching the brand-new Crew Dragon capsule “Endeavour”—the first manned spaceflight from American soil since 2011. Beyond the historical significance of the aforementioned flight, it is also notable as the spacecraft was designed, built, and operated by Hawthorne-headquartered SpaceX. SpaceX has been one of several private firms that have helped reshape Los Angeles and Southern California’s deep defense and aerospace roots into something that aims for far greater heights.

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