Tag: Aerospace
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Year in review: Economic recovery top business story of 2021
The biggest story in business in 2021 continued to be Colorado’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. While state unemployment levels stood at 6.6% in January, they continued to slide throughout the year and finished at 5.1% in November, the latest figures available. While that’s getting closer to the 4.7% level in March 2020 as…
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Denver-based CEO headed to space
Dylan Taylor, a Denver aerospace executive, is set to travel to space Thursday aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. The multimillionaire, philanthropist and angel investor said visiting space has been his lifelong dream. “I’ve been fascinated with space pretty much my whole life,” Taylor said in an interview with The Denver Gazette. “I didn’t think I’d…
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Colorado-based Sierra Space nabs large NASA contract
NASA awarded Blue Origin and Louisville-based Sierra Space a $130 million contract to design, build and operate Orbital Reef, which is described as a business park in space. The news came Thursday, the same day NASA announced another $160 million grant from the Space Act Agreement to Nanoracks, which is owned by Denver-based Voyager Space,…
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NASA’s $160M space center contract has big implications for Colorado
NASA awarded Denver-based Voyager Space, Lockheed Martin and Nanoracks a $160 million contract to design Starlab, a new commercial space station to replace the International Space Station, the companies announced Thursday. Dylan Taylor, chief executive and chairman of Voyager Space, told The Denver Gazette on Wednesday that the contract means the aerospace company will need…
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Metro Moves: Centennial Airport’s new captain
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Promoted Twenty-three-year Colorado aviation veteran and drone expert Michael Fronapfel took over as executive director of Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, which operates Centennial Airport,…
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Adams County becomes minority majority, works to update heavy industry image
For the first time in its history, Adams County has become an area where minority residents outnumber the Caucasian population, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. Adams joins Costilla, Conejos and Alamosa counties as the only ones in Colorado with a minority population larger than its white majority. The average Colorado County is…
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Louisville-based Sierra Space inks Japanese partnerships
Louisville-based Sierra Space inked a deal with Kanematsu Corp. of Japan in an effort to open up its space programs to a more global market. The companies are “opening up global access” to low-Earth orbit (LEO) with Sierra’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and LIFE habitats space station “allowing for new business opportunities in space,” according to…
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Denver-based Astroscale U.S. closer to space junk removal
Denver-based Astroscale U.S. employees recently celebrated the successful orbital test of technology that will allow the company to remove space junk and service on-orbit satellites. The company, a division of Tokyo-based Astroscale Holdings Inc., announced Thursday it successfully demonstrated the ability to capture its client spacecraft with a “magnetic capture system.” “We think of ourselves…
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Metro Denver’s aerospace ecosystem flourishing
Without the growing cluster of aerospace companies in metro Denver, it’s safe to say NASA would not be sending humans to the moon again. The large companies here like Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sierra Space and United Launch Alliance serve as magnets, drawing support companies into close orbit in Colorado. Couple that with the aggressive —…
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‘Gas station in space’ aerospace company lands in Denver
Another aerospace company has picked Colorado to land its headquarters. Orbit Fab, which bills itself as the “Gas Station in Space,” will bring almost 200 new jobs when it moves to Denver from San Francisco, announced the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade. “While there are several states with an aerospace presence in…