Aerospace
Mission led by Colorado lab ends after decade studying erosion of Mars atmosphere
Updated 2 months ago
Scientists at NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder have said goodbye to a spacecraft that has spent the last 11 years analyzing the atmosphere...
Satellite launched to identify tiny orbital space debris in bid to make future missions safer
Updated 2 months ago
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., is trying to understand how much small debris is orbiting earth as more rockets and satellites begin...
Space startup in Colorado working its own Project Hail Mary to save NASA telescope
Updated 2 months ago
On the edge of the main road connecting Denver to Boulder, a space startup’s manufacturing facility in Broomfield has been racing against the clock for...
Colorado EDC grants $13.3M in incentives to 4 companies
Updated 3 months ago
The Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved a total of up to roughly $13.3 million in job growth tax incentives for four companies considering...
Aerospace research company chooses Fremont County for expansion
Updated 3 months ago
Colorado space startup secures $650 million for expansion
Updated 3 months ago
Colorado company ready to build the lunar base, provide ‘lunar mobility’
Updated 4 months ago
Five big things from Space Symposium, just in case you missed them
Updated 4 months ago
Colorado awards $26M in tax incentives to keep aerospace company in state
Updated 4 months ago
Mars Sample Return mission in jeopardy, Lockheed Martin thinks it can still be done
Updated 4 months ago
Ohio-based aerospace company SelectTech taps El Paso County for expansion
Updated 4 months ago
NASA, NOAA leaders stress need to study sun, improve space weather forecasts
Updated 4 months ago
NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power in bid to meet Trump’s space policy
Updated 4 months ago
In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years,...
Space Symposium returns for 41st edition with focus on Artemis program, successful moon mission
Updated 4 months ago
This week, leaders from around the globe are gathering in Colorado Springs for the annual Space Symposium with a renewed focus on moon missions following...
WATCH: Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse
Updated 4 months ago
HOUSTON (AP) — After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up...
Can Artemis unite a torn country the way Apollo did in 1969? | Vince Bzdek
Updated 4 months ago
I remember resenting the moon a little back in 1969. Because of the moon, my parents had cancelled our trip to ride the paddleboats at...
Colorado sends NASA around the moon with Artemis II launch
Updated 4 months ago
NASA’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
Updated 4 months ago
Protecting satellites in space, on the ground a priority for Colorado companies
Updated 5 months ago
Greenland is now Colorado’s problem. And that’s a good thing. | Vince Bzdek
Updated 6 months ago
Monument company tapped to build latest Air Force Academy satellite
Updated 6 months ago
Colorado Springs builds to attract defense, aerospace leaders
Updated 6 months ago
Once a step ahead, Colorado’s economy cools, burdened by rising costs and regulations | FISCAL ROCKIES
Updated 8 months ago
Editor’s Note: Once among the nation’s fastest-growing economies, Colorado today confronts mounting challenges that threaten its momentum. This series reveals how a state once defined...
Colorado Springs space defense hub takes shape at 2424 Garden of the Gods
Updated 8 months ago
The palatial office campus at the western end of Garden of the Gods Road is now a hub for space-focused defense contractors that are tackling...
Air Force Academy may cut back distinguished visiting professor program
Updated 9 months ago
The Air Force Academy may pare back the number of distinguished visiting professors it hires next school year as a cost-saving measure — a step...
EchoStar to sell more spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $2.6 billion
Updated 9 months ago
Englewood-based EchoStar said on Thursday it would sell a set of wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for about $2.6 billion in exchange for stock in the...
DIA seeks federal OK to pay for salaries of air traffic controllers
Updated 9 months ago