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Lafayette gains new aerospace startup ThinkOrbital’s headquarters
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Colorado’s aerospace industry just grew Thursday with the announcement of a new company that will create new jobs around the greater Denver area with economic development incentives from the state. Space infrastructure startup ThinkOrbital chose Lafayette for its headquarters, according to a news release from Gov. Jared Polis and the Global Business Development Division of…
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Sierra Space, Lockheed Martin create human habitats for missions beyond the moon
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Two aerospace companies working in Colorado created competing space products that would allow for humans to live and work in space. Sierra Space, a Louisville-based commercial space company, and Lockheed Martin, which has a large campus southwest of Denver, both created human habitats capable of withstanding space’s harsh conditions. Asteroid mining company relocates to Denver…
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NASA’s $160M contract has big implications for Colorado
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NASA awarded Denver-based Voyager Space, Lockheed Martin and Nanoracks a $160 million contract to design Starlab, a new commercial space station to replace the International Space Station, the companies announced Thursday. Dylan Taylor, chief executive and chairman of Voyager Space, told The Denver Gazette on Wednesday that the contract means the aerospace company will need…
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BIDLACK | Proposed cuts in space exploration are penny-wise, pound-foolish
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Did you know that Colorado is a nuclear power? OK, that may be overstating it a bit, but did you at least know that it is home to a number of intercontinental ballistic missiles? It’s not a secret, it’s the 321st Strategic Missile Squadron, based out of F.E. Warren Air Force Base up the road in…
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VP Mike Pence to speak next month in Colorado Springs at Space Symposium
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Vice President Mike Pence will speak at a symposium for people in the space race next month in Colorado Springs, as the White House takes a slimmer view of NASA’s budget. Pence will give a noontime address as part of the April 16 opening ceremony for the 34th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor resort. The…
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? Colorado congressmen question safety of NASA’s partnership with SpaceX
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Three Colorado congressmen want greater government oversight of the NASA contractors who launch rockets at a time the space agency is trying to turn more of its operations over to private industry. Another launch by a private company took place last week to resupply the International Space Station. Although the flight from Wallops Island in…
