Tag: Waterton Canyon
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‘All systems go:’ Lockheed Martin says first humans could return to moon this February
It was 53 years ago that Apollo astronauts last flew a lunar mission, but a human return to the moon really is about to happen — maybe just six months from now, NASA and Lockheed Martin executives told a crowd at Denver Museum of Nature & Science Wednesday. NASA’s Artemis II mission, with a crew…
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NASA picks Lockheed Martin to develop lightning mapper for $300M
Part of it will be developed out of the defense and aerospace contractor’s Waterton Canyon campus in Littleton with the GeoXO weather satellite.
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Trail Trax: Welcome to hiking and biking season, Waterton Canyon closure
Plus Boulder Valley Velodrome gets new owners
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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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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…
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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,…
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NASA’s Lucy — with Colorado connections — ready to blast off
The first available date in the launch window to blast NASA’s “Lucy” spacecraft into the stars is Saturday, and it looks like she’s going to take full advantage. Weather and conditions forecasts from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida showed a 90% chance of favorable conditions, United Launch Alliance reported…