Tag: National Aeronautics And Space Administration
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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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Colorado aerospace companies land weather forecasting contracts
NASA recently awarded two aerospace companies with a large Colorado presence work on weather satellites that “will ultimately help save lives by enabling even more accurate weather forecasting,” according news releases. Broomfield-based Ball Aerospace will complete two 20-month studies on new instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Geostationary Extended Observations” (GeoXO) program. One…
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James Webb Space Telescope images wow the world
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREENBELT, Md. — A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA’s powerful new telescope. The…
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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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Students from across the globe travel to Colorado to face off in innovation competition
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teams from across the globe gathered on Friday at the Colorado School of Mines for the Over The Dusty Moon Challenge, a first of its kind competition of innovation. The Laurentian Lunars of Laurentian University in Canada were crowned the winners. Teams set out to produce…
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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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Aerospace companies explain Orbital Reef, ‘business park in space’
Right on the heels of the news Sierra Space and Blue Origin successfully completed a key review stage for the Orbital Reef space station project Tuesday, company representatives talked at length about what’s been described as a “business park in space” at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. It took just three months to…
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Gov. Polis touts new aerospace branding campaign at Space Symposium
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis touched down at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, met with several high-ranking military and Colorado aerospace company officials and touted the state’s new marketing/branding efforts to sell the state to more aerospace companies: AerospaceCO. “I walk away from this symposium, frankly, with my mind blown about the…
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Amazon picks Colorado company’s Vulcan rocket to carry broadband-enabling satellites
Centennial-based United Launch Alliance inked a contract with Amazon to carry thousands of the online retailer’s satellites to Earth’s lower orbit for its Project Kuiper mission to increase global broadband access, officials announced Tuesday. Amazon will use ULA’s new Vulcan rocket for 38 launches in coming years, helping to create a “constellation” of 3,236 advanced…
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Governor’s Citizenship Medal: Lockheed Martin honored for community impact
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lockheed Martin employees have helped restore trails in state parks, manufactured personal protective equipment for people working on the front lines of the pandemic and provided online lessons in science, technology, engineering and math to Colorado students. The aerospace company will receive a Governor’s Citizenship Medal during a ceremony this week in…