Tag: Outer Space
-
Sierra Space, Lockheed Martin create human habitats for missions beyond the moon
Two aerospace companies working in Colorado created competing space products that would allow for humans to live and work in space. Sierra Space, a Louisville-based commercial space company, and Lockheed Martin, which has a large campus southwest of Denver, both created human habitats capable of withstanding space’s harsh conditions. Both issued news releases Tuesday announcing…
-
Asteroid mining company relocates to Denver from the Netherlands
A space resources startup, Karman+, selected Denver for its headquarters to relocate from the Netherlands, according to a news release. The Polis Administration and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) made the announcement Wednesday. The company also considered the United Kingdom and Luxembourg as potential…
-
NASA space station Orbital Reef moves to design phase
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…
-
Blue Canyon Technologies unveils expanded small satellite manufacturing factory
Lafayette-based aerospace company Blue Canyon Technologies on Wednesday unveiled its recently expanded “cubesat” factory in Boulder, which will eventually allow for the production of up to 85 small satellites per year. Blue Canyon, a Raytheon Intelligence & Space (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, doubled the manufacturing space at the Boulder factory, off Airport Road, to 31,000 square…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Air Force, Space Force leaders: US can’t afford to lose in space
Two top military leaders warned Tuesday that the U.S. can’t afford to lose its dominant position in space since the rest of the nation’s military relies on space capabilities ranging from missile detection and tracking to navigation and communications. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, top commander of the 2-year-old U.S.…
-
NASA tabs Lockheed Martin to return Mars samples
NASA has awarded a $194 million contract to Lockheed Martin Space to design and build a Mars Ascent Vehicle to bring samples back to Earth, one of three contracts the company secured to support the future mission. The other two involve a lander ship to get the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the red planet’s surface,…
-
Blue Origin landing in south Denver
Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin plans a south Denver operation, as evidenced by more than 50 Denver-based job openings on the company’s website, a paragraph about south Denver there as well as off-the-record confirmation from numerous sources. The rapidly growing aerospace company, headquartered in Kent, Washington, currently has about 4,000 employees nationwide. A company spokesman…