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This Denver area space company is about to send humans into space for its first time

May 4, 2024

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United Launch Alliance has successfully launched more than 150 rockets into space in its 18-year history, but none have carried humans. That is about to change. The Centennial-based aerospace company has its first human launch scheduled on Monday for 8:34 p.m. MST. ULA’s Atlas V rocket will carry Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita…

James Webb Space Telescope images wow the world

Jul 12, 2022

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Dennis Huspeni

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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…

NASA tabs Lockheed Martin to return Mars samples

Feb 15, 2022

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Dennis Huspeni

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NASA has awarded a $194 million contract to Lockheed Martin Space to design and build a Mars Ascent Vehicle to bring samples back to Earth, one of three contracts the company secured to support the future mission. The other two involve a lander ship to get the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the red planet’s surface,…

More astronauts headed to the moon than ever before, NASA says

Aug 24, 2021

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Wayne Heilman wayneh@gazette.com

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save America’s return to the moon in 2024 will usher in “a new era of firsts” in scientific discoveries and space exploration, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. The mission, designed to establish an orbiting base and find ways…

36th Space Symposium: World’s largest space show returns to Colorado this week

Aug 22, 2021

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Wayne Heilman wayneh@gazette.com

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “SCENES FROM | 36th Space Symposium”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium,…

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This Denver area space company is about to send humans into space for its first time

James Webb Space Telescope images wow the world

NASA tabs Lockheed Martin to return Mars samples

More astronauts headed to the moon than ever before, NASA says

36th Space Symposium: World’s largest space show returns to Colorado this week