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SNC Leverages VORTEX® Engine Technology for DARPA’s OpFires Program
April 2, 2020
SPARKS, Nev. – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, reached a major milestone in the advancement of hypersonic propulsion with its patented VORTEX engine, advancing to the next phase of the Defense…
Wings Over the Rockies Announces Apollopalooza Festival
January 24, 2019
Denver, CO – January 23, 2019 – Denver-based Wings Over the Rockies (Wings), is proud to announce Apollopalooza, a regional celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and future of human space exploration on Saturday, July 13th through Saturday, July 20th, 2019.…
Ball Aerospace-built Geostationary Air Quality Instrument Launches Successfully
February 19, 2020
BOULDER, Colo. – The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) instrument, jointly developed by Ball Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under the leadership of Ball Aerospace, launched successfully on Feb. 18, 2020. GEMS was integrated onto…
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing Starliner Spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test
December 20, 2019
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule on the Orbital Flight Test lifted off on Dec. 20 at 6:36:43 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This marks the…
NASA Administrator explores future of aerospace engineering at new CU Boulder building
August 23, 2019
Today, the latest addition to the University of Colorado Boulder’s legacy of space exploration received a prestigious launch countdown.
During a whirlwind visit to campus, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine toured CU Boulder's new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building—a…
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS III Satellite for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
August 22, 2019
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, designated Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on…