Honeywell To Provide Critical Components For Lockheed Martin’s Orion Spacecraft

November 17, 2020 – Honeywell has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to support production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for the upcoming Artemis missions, which will bring humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972. The contract to supply key components of the Orion crew module and service module will be managed and performed out of Honeywell’s facility in Clearwater, Florida. Work will also be conducted at the company’s facilities in Glendale, Arizona, and Puerto Rico. Read More
Outbound Comets Are Likely Of Alien Origin

January 17, 2020 – Astronomers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have analyzed the paths of two objects heading out of the Solar System forever and determined that they also most likely originated from outside of the Solar System. These results improve our understanding of the outer Solar System and beyond. Read More
Lockheed Martin Launches First Smart Satellite Enabling Space Mesh Networking

January 16, 2020 – A new era of space-based computing is now being tested in-orbit that will enable artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud networking and advanced satellite communications in a robust new software-defined architecture. Recently, Lockheed Martin launched the Pony Express 1 mission as a hosted payload on Tyvak-0129, a next-generation Tyvak 6U spacecraft. Read More
Space Foundation Announces CU Boulder Inductee To Colorado Space Heroes Hall Of Fame

January 16, 2020 – George Born has been announced as a 2020 inductee into the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame. The Space Foundation announced the posthumous induction of Born, who was a professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder for three decades and founded the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR).
Lockheed Martin Launches Vocational Scholarship, Renews STEM Scholarship
January 16, 2020 – Lockheed Martin is launching a groundbreaking vocational scholarship for high school seniors and college students pursuing vocational and trade degrees. This effort is the first of its kind within the domestic aerospace and defense industry. Read More
Collins Aerospace Signs $320 Million Contract With Lockheed Martin To Provide Critical Subsystems For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Fleet

January 15, 2020 – Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide critical subsystems to support production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for Artemis missions III through VIII. Valued at $320 million, the systems being provided by Collins Aerospace will play an important role in enabling NASA’s goal of boots on the Moon by 2024, as well as establishing a sustained presence on and around the Moon to prepare for missions to Mars. Read More
Raymond Sworn In As First Chief Of Space Operations At White House Event

January 15, 2020 – Vice President Mike Pence January 14 swore in Gen. John W. Raymond as the highest-ranking military leader of the newly created U.S. Space Force, adding a prominent White House ceremony that recognized the arrival of the nation’s newest, separate branch of the military. Read More
Final Images From Cassini Spacecraft

January 15, 2020 – Researchers are busy analyzing some of the final data sent back from the Cassini spacecraft which has been in orbit around Saturn for more than 13 years until the end of its mission in September 2017. Read More
Newly Released Satellite Data Poised To Significantly Improve Weather Forecasts

January 15, 2020 – As the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) releases the first data from the newly launched COSMIC-2 satellite system, meteorologists are finding evidence that the detailed observations of the atmosphere will significantly improve short-term weather forecasts. Read More
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Source: New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Source: Space.com
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Source: SpaceNews
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Source: CSIRO
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Source: American Association For The Advancement Of Science
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Source: Lockheed Martin
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Source: NASA
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Source: NASA
Space Foundation Announces Colorado Space Heroes Hall Of Fame Inductees For 2020
Source: Space Foundation
Aviation Week Honors Four CU Boulder Aerospace Students As “Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders”
Source: University of Colorado Boulder
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Source: Space.com
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Source: Parabolic Arc
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Source: Spaceflight Now
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Source: SpaceNews
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Source: Carnegie Institution For Science
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Source: Schriever Air Force Base
Observing Titan For Signs Of Life
Source: NASA
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Source: NASA
How The Solar System Got Its ‘Great Divide,’ And Why It Matters For Life On Earth
CU Boulder Today
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Source: NASA
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Source: Space Foundation
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Source: SpaceNews
Tyvak Successfully Demonstrates Next-Generation Spacecraft Technologies
Source: Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Astronomers Discover Class Of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole
W. M. Keck Observatory
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Source: United Launch Alliance
Starliner Arrives Back In Florida, Teams Hard At Work In 2020
Source: Boeing
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Source: Scientific American