A few Air Force Academy researchers hope to take their latest invention where few have gone before — to near-Earth orbit.
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation is supporting the future of space in Hawaii. The foundation is holding programs at the 13th annual Advance Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference in Hawaii. The group is presenting a space technology panel, education programs for teachers and students, a reception for young professionals and co-sponsorship of a [...]
Continue reading …Four out of five likely voters in critical background states want leaders to find an alternative to sequestration budget cuts before the November election. That’s the word from a Harris Interactive poll performed for the Aerospace Industries Association. “We’ve always known sequestration is bad policy,” said AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey. “This survey shows [...]
Continue reading …Fort Carson’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team is getting a new commander. Col. Omar Jones will formally take over the brigade at a ceremony Tuesday at the infantry post outside Colorado Springs. Jones was most recently at the National War College in Washington, where he received a master’s degree in national security strategy. [...]
Continue reading …U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is trying to round up funding for cyber-defense training programs at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Udall said Monday computer hackers threaten the United States and could cripple the electrical grid, water supplies and computers used by the military. Earlier this year, Udall got an amendment to the [...]
Continue reading …The Space Foundation needs docents, greeters and operational support volunteers to work in its new Visitors’ Center, which will open this fall. Volunteers can work as little as two four-hour shifts a month, or as often as four full days a week, conducting tours and providing information in the Visitors’ Center’s two main areas: the [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs should prepare for a round of base realignment and closure by 2015, said Brian Binn, president of military affairs for the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC. The Department of Defense suggested two rounds of BRAC, one to start next year. But that isn’t likely. However, Binn said a round suggested for 2015 [...]
Continue reading …In the late hours of Aug. 5, the next Mars rover, Curiosity, will begin its seven-minute descent from the top of the Martian atmosphere to the planet’s red, dusty surface. Once landed — assuming the heat shield separates, the parachute deploys and the thrusters fire — the six-wheeled, SUV-sized, long-armed rolling robot will [...]
Continue reading …More than 1,000 soldiers from Fort Carson are being trained to fight wildfires amid a deadly and destructive fire season in the West. A team from the National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates wildfire-fighting efforts nationwide, is conducting the training at the infantry post outside Colorado Springs. Fort Carson said Monday that [...]
Continue reading …Both Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base have sent military personnel to the Air Force Academy to help fight the Waldo Canyon fire. Carson sent engineer units to Highway 24 and has now shifted its focus to building firebreaks around areas of the Air Force Academy. Army help includes 21 soldiers operating [...]
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