Tag: Ball Aerospace
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NASA taps Colorado companies to lead development on telescope searching for life on other planet
NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will be the first space telescope purpose built to observe planets orbiting distant stars. It will seek to answer one of humanities ongoing…
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What’s next for Westminster’s Ball Corp. space division after being sold for $5.6B
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the midst of the cold war between the U.S. and Soviet Union, one of the nation’s largest aluminum beverage companies saw an opportunity in Colorado: space technology. Nearly 70 years later, Westminster-based Ball Corp. sold its aerospace division for $5.55 billion. UK-based defense manufacturer…
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Ball Corp. plans to sell aerospace business
Colorado-based Ball Corp. announced it has agreed to sell its aerospace business to BAE Systems in a $5.6 billion deal. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2024. Ball, a leading producer of aluminum packaging, launched Ball Aerospace near Boulder in the 1950s with a…
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The final frontiers’ space junk problem has a Denver-based solution
The final frontier has a junk problem, and Astroscale is working to change that. Founded and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company celebrated the grand opening of its United States headquarters at 2201 S. Delaware St., Denver, Sunday afternoon. The location will house 50 of Astroscale’s roughly 60 U.S. based employees and features a mission…
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Metro Moves: Parker gains new assistant town manager
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]. TOWN MANAGEMENT Diane Arthur took over as assistant town manager for the town of Parker on Oct. 31. Arthur, who previously served as the deputy…
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Colorado aerospace companies land weather forecasting contracts
NASA recently awarded two aerospace companies with a large Colorado presence work on weather satellites that “will ultimately help save lives by enabling even more accurate weather forecasting,” according news releases. Broomfield-based Ball Aerospace will complete two 20-month studies on new instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Geostationary Extended Observations” (GeoXO) program. One…
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James Webb Space Telescope images wow the world
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREENBELT, Md. — A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA’s powerful new telescope. The…
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Blast off in Berthoud: Rocket manufacturer cranking out more affordable, re-useable rocket engines
Blast off in Berthoud! Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major test-fired two rocket engines Friday next to a rural ranch subdivision and surrounded by prairie land. Both tests went ground-shakingly well. But there’s no applause from witnesses. “We quit doing that after the thousandth test,” said CEO Joe Laurieniti. A cloud of dirt is kicked up…
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Gov. Polis touts new aerospace branding campaign at Space Symposium
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis touched down at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, met with several high-ranking military and Colorado aerospace company officials and touted the state’s new marketing/branding efforts to sell the state to more aerospace companies: AerospaceCO. “I walk away from this symposium, frankly, with my mind blown about the…