Tag: Moon
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‘All systems go:’ Lockheed Martin says first humans could return to moon this February
It was 53 years ago that Apollo astronauts last flew a lunar mission, but a human return to the moon really is about to happen — maybe just six months from now, NASA and Lockheed Martin executives told a crowd at Denver Museum of Nature & Science Wednesday. NASA’s Artemis II mission, with a crew…
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ispace opens new headquarters in Centennial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ispace Technologies USA, a subsidiary of ispace Inc., officially opened the doors to its Denver-based headquarters near Centennial Airport — giving way to Earth-to-moon transportation and space exploration technologies. “We planted ourselves here partly because we knew this was a hub of excellent engineering,” Ryan…
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Observatory on far side of Earth’s moon could spy universe’s ‘Dark Ages’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Engineers and robots from Earth could begin construction on FarView, an astronomical observatory that would expand over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) of the moon’s surface as early as 2030, according to a University of Colorado Boulder news release Tuesday. The observatory would be…
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NASA’s Artemis set to blast off Saturday
NASA officials are more confident Saturday’s launch attempt of its Artemis I mission to the moon will succeed after poring over data that led to Monday’s scrub. The weather may cooperate, as well. In fact, Monday’s scrub at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center might have been unnecessary after NASA discovered the main reason for it was…
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Denver’s ispace unveils new lunar lander on Space Symposium’s opening day
Denver-based ispace technologies USA, a subsidiary of ispace Inc., designed the company’s “Series 2” lunar lander to carry bigger payloads, have the ability to land or orbit the moon, and survive a lunar night, officials announced Monday. At a news conference on the opening day of the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CEO Takeshi…
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The first woman to walk on the moon could be a Coloradan woman
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While in grade school, NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins dreamed of exploring outer space and becoming an astronaut. And although Watkins found a passion for geology while excelling in academics and sports like rugby, she never envisioned that lifelong dream was possible. Then one day in…