The Colorado Association of Manufacturing and Technology signed an agreement with NASA today to promote the commercialization of technology developed for the space program. The agreement creates a technology acceleration program and regional innovation cluster for aerospace and clean energy. The group will also develop a manufacturing park focused on rapid new product development and [...]
Continue reading …A private company launched a spacecraft into orbit Wednesday in a bold demonstration test for NASA that could lead to the first commercial space station supply run next year and eventual astronaut rides. The Falcon 9 rocket, owned by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., blasted into a clear, chilly morning sky, carrying a capsule named Dragon. [...]
Continue reading …The commercial space race just got a boost – $200 million from NASA. The space agency is offering the money to companies to flesh out or flight-test technology, an effort set to bolster plans for an outpost in orbit. NASA already offered a $50 million commercial crew development program this year, awarded to Boeing, which [...]
Continue reading …A manned mission to Mars may be decades away, but an international team of researchers will try to experience what one might be like by locking themselves up in a windowless capsule for a year-and-half – the time needed for a roundtrip to the red planet. The all-male crew of three Russians, a Frenchman, an [...]
Continue reading …NASA has unveiled the first images from a new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms, and scientists say they’re already learning new things. Researchers showed off brightly colored images and short movie clips of the sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory in Boulder in a webcast on Wednesday. The satellite was launched Feb. 11. [...]
Continue reading …President Barack Obama is reviving the NASA crew capsule concept that he had canceled with the rest of the moon program earlier this year, in a move that will mean more jobs and less reliance on the Russians, officials said Tuesday.
Continue reading …Colorado Sen. Mark Udall says he’s guardedly optimistic about saving space-related jobs in Colorado after speaking with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. Udall and Sen. Michael Bennet, both Democrats, met with Bolden on Monday to discuss the impact on Colorado of President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel NASA’s Constellation program, meant to return humans to the [...]
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