Tag: Space
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CU Boulder launches Space Policy Center to help tackle industry challenges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Colorado Boulder established a new center to address the policy challenges of the rapidly expanding space industry. The Colorado Space Policy Center, announced at the end of June, will serve as a hub for research and public policy conversations for local, national…
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A ‘cosmic coincidence’: Space Symposium guests marvel at solar eclipse
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Leaders of the burgeoning space industry at the 2024 Space Symposium took a moment Monday to pair their formal attire with protective eyewear and witness the partial solar eclipse during the annual international gathering. “This is, without a doubt, the nerdiest group of people to…
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Lockheed Martin’s new Pony Express 2 satellites feature AI, will demonstrate new technology
With the upcoming launch of two satellites, Lockheed Martin expects to demonstrate how space can add to the military’s global power to gather intelligence and act on it. The military’s vision for its future Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control is to “sense, make sense, and act” across land, sea, air, cyber and space — a…
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ispace opens new headquarters in Centennial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ispace Technologies USA, a subsidiary of ispace Inc., officially opened the doors to its Denver-based headquarters near Centennial Airport — giving way to Earth-to-moon transportation and space exploration technologies. “We planted ourselves here partly because we knew this was a hub of excellent engineering,” Ryan…
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How Space Force and private sector plan for space-borne resilience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every operation in the military somehow relies on space, U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. MacKenzie Birchenough said. That dependence drove a panel discussion this week at the Space Symposium on how the military and private sector are working to improve resilience and response time should…
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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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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 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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Rocket Lab plans space systems complex in Littleton
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The positive aerospace industry growth news for metro Denver keeps rolling in. The latest is from Rocket Lab USA, Inc. which announced it’s opening a new space systems complex in Littleton “to support growing customer demand for flight software, mission simulation and Guidance, Navigation and…