Tag: Space
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East High Shooting: How to protect, navigate mental health after trauma
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another school shooting, this time in Denver’s East High on Wednesday, brings forward the issue of maintaining mental health. This shooting was one incident, but there have been different threats to the schools in Denver Public Schools for a long time, according to Kathi Fanning,…
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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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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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Lockheed Martin, Artemis I
Ron Nelthorpe, Senior Manager Program Planning talking about Artemis I flight
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Colorado company sells space operations division, including Colorado Springs office
Numerica, a Colorado-based space, air and missile defense company, has sold its space operations division to California-based Slingshot Aerospace — a deal that includes its offices in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins. As part of the sale announced last week, Numerica’s Colorado Springs and Fort Collins employees will join Slingshot. The deal will allow Numerica…
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Boulder students hear from NASA astronaut who graduated from their school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fairview High School students on Monday heard from one of their school’s alumni who now works aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder in 2006, but she knew she wanted to be an astronaut even before…
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Space Symposium Recap: Thursday, April 7
Join Gazette reporters Wayne Heilman, Dennis Huspeni, and Jessica Snouwaert for a recap of Thuraday’s events at the Space Symposium and a look at what’s to come.
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Labor supply is the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the space industry
Space company executives, educators and industry leaders convened at the Space Symposium Thursday to discuss what Brent Sherwood, senior vice president of Blue Origin, said is the “biggest challenge” facing the space industry: lack of workers. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs are projected…
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Space Symposium Recap: Wednesday, April 6
Rich Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Communications & Outreach for the Space Foundation, joins Gazette reporters Wayne Heilman and Dennis Huspeni for a recap of Wednesday’s events at the Space Symposium.
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SCENES FROM | 37th Space Symposium
Sights and sounds from the 37th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.