Tag: Space Travel
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Hickenlooper’s bill to reduce space junk unanimously passes Senate
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill co-sponsored by Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper that seeks to clear dangerous debris in Earth’s orbit. The bill, called the Orbital Sustainability Act, would create a program to research, develop and demonstrate technologies to safely remove debris and to create a new market for these services. The…
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Louisville-based Sierra Space, Blue Origin announce ‘business park in space’
Louisville-based Sierra Space and billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday announced plans for an “Orbital Reef” space station — basically “a mixed-use business park” in space. Plans call for the “commercially developed, owned, and operated space station” to be built in low Earth orbit, according to a release from Sierra Space. “Seasoned space agencies, high-tech…
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Ispace to open first U.S. office in Denver
The Japanese space industry company ispace has chosen Colorado as the location for its first U.S. headquarters, it announced Monday. The headquarters, located in the Denver metro area, will house ispace’s sales and marketing, executive management and research and development operations. The company is considering further expansion for manufacturing. “Colorado’s dynamic aerospace ecosystem and abundance…
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CU Boulder professor led NASA study that discovered water on the moon
For the first time, scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon’s sunlit surface and found that frozen water is in more places and larger quantities than ever thought. These discoveries were released in a NASA study Monday led by Paul Hayne, a professor from the University of Colorado Boulder. Hayne is an assistant…