The Aerospace Corporation employees Heather Golden, left, and Victoria Woodburn pose as if they are floating in zero gravity in a Lockheed Martin photo booth during the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
Thousands of space professionals gather at The Broadmoor Hotel for the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
The Aerospace Corporation employees Heather Golden, left, and Victoria Woodburn pose as if they are floating in zero gravity in a Lockheed Martin photo booth during the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting listens to questions during a media roundtable at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A crowd gathers to watch the United Launch Alliance’s launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket during the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A commemorative 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium backpack. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Attendees of the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium make their way through an exhibition hall at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thousands of space professionals attend the symposium each year. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)At the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium NASA scientists Jay Lemery, left, and Kris Lehnhardt observe and photograph a model of Vast’s Haven-1, which the company hopes to launch as the world’s first commercial space station, at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Marsha Dubon, right, reacts as Tristan Prejean, an employee at Vast, gives her details about the Haven-1 space station model at the 39th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor in 2024. (Parker Seibold, the denver gazette file)A satellite in the Communication and Power Industries exhibition towers over Space Symposium attendees, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)An exhibitor at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel wears space themed socks, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rocket souvenirs are stocked at the Huntsville Madison County Chamber exhibit at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A crowd gathers to watch the United Launch Alliance’s launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket during the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Dressed in a costume astronaut space suit, Michael Ballantyne, with Global Space Exchange, uses a simulation of an Astrolabe lunar rover prototype at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ booth at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Clint Clark with ExoAnalytic Solutions speaks to a small group gathered in front of the exhibition at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Spacecraft dispensing equipment from Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense sits in a case at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Attendees of the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium walk past the Sierra Space exhibition at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thousands of space professionals attend the symposium each year. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Astrolab engineer Karl Buchka, left, guides Allan Lolly, with Northrop Grumman, as he uses a simulation of an Astrolabe lunar rover prototype at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Satellites and equipment on display in the RTX exhibit at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5a9c1795b3aa1497ffa7824b99c1d26?d=mm&r=g)Former NASA astronaut John “Danny” Olives talks with RTX employees about the Collins Aerospace next generation aerospace suit at the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5a9c1795b3aa1497ffa7824b99c1d26?d=mm&r=g)Attendees of the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium walk past the Sierra Space exhibition at The Broadmoor Hotel, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thousands of space professionals attend the symposium each year. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Dressed in a costume NASA astronaut suit, Dominic Delano sells lemonade from the sidewalk outside of The Broadmoor Hotel to passersby from the 39th Space Foundation Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)