Tag: Boeing
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Boeing to lay off dozens of Colorado employees
Global aerospace and defense company Boeing will lay off more than 60 of its Colorado employees in early 2025, including in Colorado Springs. The company, headquartered just outside Washington, D.C. in Arlington County, Va., announced late last week it will eliminate approximately 63 employees at seven Colorado locations. These include two Schriever Space Force Base…
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Issues on Centennial company’s rocket delays highly-anticipated Boeing Starliner launch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save United Launch Alliance and Boeing’s first flight carrying astronauts to the International Space Station continues to face delays. ULA — an aerospace company headquartered in Centennial — scrubbed Monday night’s launch of its Atlas V rocket to take Boeing’s Starliner with two NASA astronauts onboard “out of…
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Air Force wants new ‘Doomsday’ planes and this Englewood campus will play key part
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Air Force wants a new generation of its planes built to survive a nuclear war — and some of that work will be done out of a south Denver suburb. The E-4B “Nightwatch” — nicknamed the “Doomsday” plane and the “Flying Pentagon” — is designed…
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NASA’s Artemis set to blast off Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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,…
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Colorado’s ties to NASA’s Artemis I launch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the world’s most powerful rocket engine blasts off from Kennedy Space Center Monday, carrying the Orion spacecraft on NASA’s pioneering Artemis I mission to moon orbit, it also carries years of hard work by many Colorado-based aerospace industry members. Artemis I is an un-crewed…
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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…
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Centennial’s Boom Supersonic aims to build supersonic jets in North Carolina
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Centennial-based aviation company Boom Supersonic wants to build a plant for next-generation supersonic passenger jets at a North Carolina airport, government officials said Wednesday as local and state boards approved hefty financial incentives for the parent company. If successful, the manufacturing and testing operation at…