Tag: Japan
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Eighty years ago this week, a flock of flyboys saved the world | Vince Bzdek
The flyboys were in the air as long as 17 hours on the night bombing raids from the Mariana Islands to Tokyo. Round trip was approximately 3,000 miles. Along the way the crews — average age 22 — faced Japanese Zeros, anti-aircraft fire, mechanical issues, air sickness, high winds and turbulence. “The Japanese fire from the…
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Attendees beat the heat at 51st annual Denver Cherry Blossom Festival
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As spring officially turned to summer and record-high temperatures hit the Denver area, those in attendance at the 51st annual Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday found different ways to stay cool. The festival, taking place…
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Hundreds of Coloradans, representing almost 60 countries, converge in Aurora for Global Fest
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite summer heat and a beaming sun, hundreds of Coloradans representing nearly 60 countries mixed in the melting pot Saturday at the Aurora Municipal Center. Aurora’s Global Fest returned for its 11th year, celebrating the cultures and identities that make the city special. More than 160…
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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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Jared Polis, Colorado delegation visit Japan to bolster international business ties
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and more than 20 Colorado leaders traveled to Japan this week to explore opportunities and tout Colorado’s business acumen in the aerospace, renewable energy, innovation and research sectors. This mission, held from Sunday to Friday, aims to…
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World War II aviation museum planning second phase late this year
More than two years after opening its centerpiece display hall, the National Museum of World War II Aviation plans to begin construction on an expansion that will double the hall’s size as its celebrates its 10th birthday. Site preparation began late last year on the 40,000-square-foot addition to the museum’s Kaija Raven Shook Aeronautical Pavilion…
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Colorado man working to get USS Arizona unknowns identified
A Colorado man is determined that human remains from the USS Arizona are DNA tested and identified after a Pentagon agency in February suggested exhuming 85 gravesites marked “unknown” and entombing the dead in the sunken battleship at Pearl Harbor. Randy Stratton — son of Donald Stratton, who survived the surprise attack the morning of Dec.…
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Sierra Space lands another partnership
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another week, another deal for Louisville-based Sierra Space. This time the company pushing to make space commerce as common as Wall Street announced a partnership with Space Tango, a Kentucky-based microgravity and automated systems firm.…