Tag: Blue Origin
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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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NASA space station Orbital Reef moves to design phase
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Louisville-based Sierra Space and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin reached a key milestone with NASA in the development of the Orbital Reef space station, which will replace the International Space Station, according to a news release. Company officials completed the “System Definition Review” stage…
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Sierra Space teams with New Mexico’s Spaceport America
Louisville-based Sierra Space might soon be landing its winged spacecraft at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, according to a news release. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their “mutual pursuit to increase Spaceport America’s capabilities and demand for Dream Chaser reentry at the spaceport.” The next step would be to pursue a “Part…
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Sierra Space cements partnership with Kansas aerospace company
Louisville-based Sierra Space inked a partnership with a Kansas aerospace company to accelerate production of space transport vehicles to allow for greater, more affordable access to Earth’s low orbit, according to a news release. Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will work with Sierra Space to create a “vibrant commercial space economy of the future” by…
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Rocket Lab plans space systems complex in Littleton
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The positive aerospace industry growth news for metro Denver keeps rolling in. The latest is from Rocket Lab USA, Inc. which announced it’s opening a new space systems complex in Littleton “to support growing customer demand for flight software, mission simulation and Guidance, Navigation and…
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Blue Origin landing in south Denver
Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin plans a south Denver operation, as evidenced by more than 50 Denver-based job openings on the company’s website, a paragraph about south Denver there as well as off-the-record confirmation from numerous sources. The rapidly growing aerospace company, headquartered in Kent, Washington, currently has about 4,000 employees nationwide. A company spokesman…
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Americans are good at democratizing things. Space is next. | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sixty years and two months after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and their guests became the first private passengers to reach space aboard private rocket ships, and Bezos’s rocket just happened to be dubbed the New Shepard.…