NSMMS & CRASTE

Don't Miss These Widely Attended* Evening Networking Functions!

(*All networking events on this page are considered widely attended: they are open to all attendees, included in the registration fee, and considered an essential part of full participation in the conference).

Monday Welcome Reception and Exhibit & Poster Session Kick-Off
1700 - 1900

This event kicks off the exhibit and poster session. Join your colleagues for some networking, beverages and appetizers as we begin forging connections to collaborate on NSMMS & CRASTE topics.

Tuesday Networking Social
June 28th, 2022
1800 - 2100 Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

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Game Night hosted by Northrop Grumman
Join your NSMMS & CRASTE colleagues for a night of baseball, food, drinks and networking. The Madison Mallards, a collegiate minor league baseball team, will host the Rockford Rivets on Tuesday, June 28th at 6:35pm. The stadium is 15 minutes away from Monona Terrace and bussing will be provided. There is no additional fee for attendees to participate in this networking function. However, if you are interested in attending, you will need to RSVP online via your registration and you will receive your ticket when you check-in onsite for the conference. The ticket includes space for NSMMS & CRASTE networking and seating, all you can eat food until 7:30 pm and bottomless beverages through the end of the game (or until 9;00 pm, whichever comes first). Guest tickets are available through registration for $50 each. Confirmations via the registration form need to be received by 10 June 2022. After this date, if you RSVP to attend, we will contact you to confirm if we are able to get you (and your guests) a seat(s).


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Wednesday Poster Session and Networking Reception
1730 – 1900 Sponsored by The Boeing Company

This reception is the last networking opportunity within the exhibit hall. Join colleagues for a great night of networking, awards, food and door prizes.

Badger Propulsion Test Facility Tour
4:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT
Thursday, 30 June 2022

Join us Thursday afternoon for a tour of Badger Propulsion Test Facility – just outside Madison – where Sierra Space is developing and testing liquid and hybrid rocket engines and systems using a wide variety of propellants, including small in-space propulsion and upper-stage engines.
You will learn about capabilities for testing rocket engines at thrust levels from 1lbf up to 150,000lbf, where configured test cells have the option of using nitrous oxide, methane, peroxide, and other propellants.

Core Products & Subsystems

  • Spacecraft and vehicle propulsion (0.1 to 1,000 lbf thrust)
  • Upper stage, orbital transfer and planetary descent/ascent engines (to 100,000 lbf thrust)
  • VORTEX hybrid engines (solid fuel with liquid oxidizer); throttleable, restartable, storable
  • Advanced thrusters and engines for custom national security needs

Tour information:
1600 Pick-up at Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center
1930 Drop-off at Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center

Tour will take approximately an hour and a half with light refreshments being served at facility.

You can sign up for the tour through your registration.