Tag: nasa
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Local Astronaut Nichole Ayers says Artemis II mission is important step toward moon return
As NASA sent four astronauts on a journey around the moon on Wednesday, one Colorado Springs native knows well how complex, but also fun, blasting into space is. A Woodland Park High School and Air Force Academy graduate, Astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers considers Colorado Springs and Divide to be home. She’s flown…
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Local Astronaut Nichole Ayers says Artemis II mission is important step toward moon return
As NASA sent four astronauts on a journey around the moon last week, one Woodland Park High School graduate knows well how complex, but also fun, blasting into space is. A WPHS and Air Force Academy graduate, Astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers has flown everything from T-38 training aircraft to F-22 fighter jets…
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Colorado sends NASA around the moon with Artemis II launch
When NASA’s Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center in Florida fires its engines for the second time in history, it will be flying because of more than 14,000 Coloradans. It will carry four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, on a 10-day course around the moon in what may be the most consequential NASA…
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Moon mission could launch April 1 — but can Colorado land aerospace growth?
In two weeks, NASA could send its first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years. Rolling back out to the pad at Cape Kennedy, the 322-foot Artemis II rocket is a bit shorter than the Saturn V ship that carried three astronauts around the moon in 1968. The new mission, which will loop the…
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Moon mission could launch April 1 — but can Colorado land aerospace growth?
In two weeks, NASA could send its first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years. Rolling back out to the pad at Cape Kennedy, the 322-foot Artemis II rocket is a bit shorter than the Saturn V ship that carried three astronauts around the moon in 1968. The new mission, which will loop the…
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Retired astronaut reunites with professor in Colorado Springs after nearly 30 years
A retired astronaut and his former public speaking instructor recently shared a full-circle moment nearly 30 years in the making. In 1997, Bill Wallisch was teaching a public speaking course at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. One of his students was Duane “Digger” Carey, who would later pilot a servicing mission to the Hubble…
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NASA taps Colorado companies to lead development on telescope searching for life on other planet
NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will be the first space telescope purpose built to observe planets orbiting distant stars. It will seek to answer one of humanities ongoing…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…
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Astronaut Nick Hague expects NASA to stay focused on moon mission amid change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser- focused on returning to the moon, a mission that will lay the groundwork for a trip to…
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Blast off: Colorado Springs college students’ experiment to launch to ISS
A science experiment by a group of local college students could lead to out-of-this-world applications. This week, the experiment designed by three current University of Colorado Colorado Springs students and one Pikes Peak State College alum will be sent to the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. “Getting the opportunity…