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Ball Aerospace Conducts Critical Design Review for Space Force’s Next-Gen Operational Weather Satellite

April 20, 2020   BOULDER, Colo, - Ball Aerospace conducted a critical design review (CDR) of the Weather System Follow-on (WSF) satellite mission, which it is building for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). With CDR concluded, Ball Aerospace begins full production of the…

The Science Coalition Names Gardner a ‘Champion of Science’

February 5, 2019   Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) today announced that he has received the Champion of Science Award. The award – presented by The Science Coalition (TSC) – honors members of Congress whose actions and votes consistently reflect their commitment to fundamental…

Ball Aerospace Delivers Cryostat to University of Arizona for NASA Balloon Mission

April 2, 2020   BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace recently delivered a cryostat to the University of Arizona for NASA’s Galactic/Extragalactic Ultralong-Duration Balloon Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO), a long-duration balloon mission that will map out parts of the Milky Way and Large…

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Solar Orbiter to Study the Sun

February 10, 2020   Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Solar Orbiter, an international cooperative mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41on Feb. 9 at 11:03 p.m. EST. This marks…

Oakman Aerospace and ArsUltra advance partnership to develop modular spacecraft solution

November 26, 2019   Oakman Aerospace Inc. (OAI) and Argentina-based ArsUltra (AU) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on integrating their respective technologies as well as potential new technology creation. The new agreement indicates the companies’ shared…

Ball Corporation contributes more than $1 million to CU Boulder

August 22, 2019   The University of Colorado Boulder Thursday announced two major gifts from Ball Corporation and its foundation, including a $1 million gift from Ball to support the university’s new Aerospace Engineering Sciences building opening this fall.  The Ball Foundation, the…