Tag: Nasa
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Denver-based Voyager to acquire company with moon base mission for $300M
Voyager Technologies, the growing defense and aerospace company based in Denver, is looking at the moon — and willing to spend $300 million to get in on the action surrounding the first lunar base. The company announced this week it signed an agreement to acquire Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, an aerospace company that develops lunar landers,…
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Golden startup wins $220M contract to build first fleet of lunar rovers for NASA’s moon base
An aerospace startup company based in Golden is going to help build the first fleet of lunar rovers to support the Artemis IV mission and NASA’s plans to build a permanent base on the moon. The federal space agency selected Lunar Outpost for a $220 million contract to build and deliver lunar terrain vehicles (LTVs)…
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Space startup in Colorado working its own Project Hail Mary to save NASA telescope
On the edge of the main road connecting Denver to Boulder, a space startup’s manufacturing facility in Broomfield has been racing against the clock for a once-in-a-lifetime mission. In a span of eight months, Katalyst Space Technologies has taken a napkin sketch of a concept and built a robotic spacecraft called Link to save the…
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NASA airplane in Colorado Springs mapping the West for critical mineral resources
A NASA airplane designed around the U-2 spy plane of Cold War fame is calling Colorado Springs home, flying from the Colorado Springs Airport as the U.S. Geologic Survey and NASA partner to survey Western states for critical minerals. The airplane is part of the ongoing effort to find minerals like titanium, nickel and aluminum,…
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Moon base could be aim of private ISS mission to be staged by Denver’s Voyager
NASA has signed an order with a Denver-based aerospace contractor for a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, to experiment with technologies that would likely be used in housing a future moon base. According to a NASA statement, the mission set for as early as 2028 will be Voyager Technologies’ first contract for…
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NASA, NOAA leaders stress need to study sun, improve space weather forecasts
While the nation celebrates the safe return of the astronauts who flew by the moon, there’s another celestial body scientists yearn to know more about for future missions: the sun. “As we travel farther and farther in space, as we get to the moon, as we go to Mars, our ability to understand how the…
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NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power in bid to meet Trump’s space policy
In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years, 12 NASA astronauts walked on the moon before the Apollo program, one of the most expensive and scientifically intensive programs undertaken by the U.S., was ultimately canceled. NASA’s priorities shifted…
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Voyager Technologies doubles production since acquiring Littleton facility
A Denver-based aerospace company is making a lot more satellite parts lately. Voyager Technologies has doubled its ability to produce propulsion systems for commercial and defense satellites out of its Littleton facility compared to a year ago, the company announced Monday. The Denver aerospace company — the developer of Starlab, a private space station set…
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Space Symposium returns for 41st edition with focus on Artemis program, successful moon mission
This week, leaders from around the globe are gathering in Colorado Springs for the annual Space Symposium with a renewed focus on moon missions following the return of the Artemis II astronauts. The splashdown came as NASA and private industry focus on deep space exploration, thanks in no small part to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.…
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Circling the moon, a Black astronaut inspires millions
WASHINGTON • At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut. Each time she walked into St. Mark AME Church in Orlando, Fla., and saw the framed photo of Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space, she knew space was her ultimate goal. About 16 years later as…