Tag: Kennedy Space Center
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2022 Year in Review
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It seemed like 2022 would be the “get back to normal” year as Colorado pulled itself out of the pandemic, and the business and travel shutdowns that came with it. That manifested itself with things like Red Rocks setting an attendance record in 2022 with an estimated 1.54 million attending ticketed events making it the…
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Colorado’s ties to NASA’s Artemis I launch
When the world’s most powerful rocket engine blasts off from Kennedy Space Center Monday, carrying the Orion spacecraft on NASA’s pioneering Artemis I mission to moon orbit, it also carries years of hard work by many Colorado-based aerospace industry members. Artemis I is an un-crewed test flight to see if the Orion spacecraft can carry…
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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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Symposium notebook: Space war is nation’s biggest threat
A war is space is the biggest threat facing the nation and would be felt by everyone on earth, L3Harris Technologies CEO Christopher Kubasik said during a one-on-one interview session Wednesday during the Space Symposium. “A war in space would be as detrimental to society as a nuclear war and would impact the supply chain,…