Lon Rains

Lon Rains

Former Director of Communications at Northrop Grumma for Northrop Grumman's Space Technology Sector

After a long and successful career in journalism and public relations, Lon Rains is now retired. A graduate from the University of Maryland, Lon went on to have a 25-year career in journalism, including 15 years as the Editor of the weekly broadsheet newspaper Space News. Then he spent 11 years as a Director of Communications at Northrop Grumman, a multinational aerospace and defense company, before retiring in 2019.

Latest articles by Lon Rains

Northrop Grumman Buys Builder of SpaceShipOne

By Brian Berger, Lon Rains Published

Private Spaceflight
Sea Launch Rocket Explodes During Launch
Sea Launch Rocket Explodes During Launch

By Lon Rains Published

Launches & Spacecraft
NASA Chief Michael Griffin Invited to China

By Lon Rains Published

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Chinese space officials have invited NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to visit their country the fall, possibly as early as September.

Missions
Rocketplane's Majority Owner Buys Kistler

By Lon Rains Published

Launches & Spacecraft
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Chair of House Science Space & Aeronautics Committee Endorses Hubble Deorbit

By Lon Rains Published

Hubble Space Telescope
Separate Space Military Force Has Few Supporters at Pentagon

By Lon Rains Published

Space Exploration
USAF Space Command Creates Education Consortium

By Lon Rains Published

Space Exploration
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Management Shake-Up at Kistler Aerospace

By Lon Rains, Brian Berger Published

WASHINGTON - Kistler Aerospace has revamped its management, bringing in two former top aerospace executives at Boeing to get the company’s reusable rocket program moving again.

Technology