Dragonfly To Explore Titan’s Ocean World

June 28, 2019 – NASA has announced the next destination in the New Frontiers program will be the richly organic ocean world of Titan. The Dragonfly mission will fly to multiple locations on Saturn’s moon to investigate its organic chemistry and habitability, monitor atmospheric and surface conditions, image landforms to investigate geological processes, and perform seismic studies. Read More
SNC Satellite Boosts U.S. Exploration & Research

June 27, 2019 – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) free-flying satellite, built on a spacecraft platform designed and developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), is on-orbit and successfully performing experiments. DSX is the latest innovative satellite program from SNC, the global aerospace and national security contractor owned by Chairwoman and President Eren Ozmen and CEO Fatih Ozmen. Read More
Scientists To Chase South American Total Eclipse With Research Aircraft

June 27, 2019 – A scientific instrument specifically designed to study the Great American Eclipse of 2017 will soon be making its second journey through the shadow of the moon. On July 2, scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) will be sending a high-altitude research jet through the path of totality of a solar eclipse, taking place in the Southern Hemisphere, to capture data that could unveil mysteries about the Sun’s magnetic field. Read More
United Launch Alliance Announces K-12 Student Rocket Launch Payloads
June 27, 2019 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected K-12 student “payloads” to launch atop its intern-built sport rocket at this summer’s Student Rocket Launch. The event, sponsored by ULA and Ball Aerospace, offers a unique, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) experience centered on inspiring the next generation of rocket scientists. ULA and Ball selected the July 20 launch date in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Read More
Oakman Aerospace, Inc. Named Top Woman-Owned Company For Third Consecutive Year

June 26, 2019 – ColoradoBiz Magazine has named Oakman Aerospace, Inc. (OAI) a Top Woman-Owned Company for the third consecutive year. Each year, ColoradoBiz Magazine conducts extensive research, collects industry data, and facilitates reader voting to produce various business rankings. With this acknowledgement, OAI adds the distinction of being titled one of Colorado’s top woman-owned companies to its long-standing reputation as a successful aerospace corporation. Read More
NASA Selects SwRI’s PUNCH Mission To Image Beyond The Sun’s Outer Corona

June 26, 2019 – NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to lead the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, a landmark Small Explorers Program mission that will image beyond the Sun’s outer corona. PUNCH is being led by Dr. Craig DeForest at the Southwest Research institute in Boulder, Colorado. Read More
SwRI Scientist Develops Novel Algorithm To Aid Search For Exoplanets

June 26, 2019 – Inspired by movie streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu, a Southwest Research Institute scientist developed a technique to look for stars likely to host giant, Jupiter-sized planets outside of our solar system. She developed an algorithm to identify stars likely to host giant exoplanets, based on the composition of stars known to have planets. Read More
CU Satellite Mission Selected To Explore Binary Asteroid

June 25, 2019 – A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder landed a coveted finalist spot in a new NASA program that will launch small satellites into space to explore the origins and evolution of the solar system. The CU Boulder group has proposed a mission that will send two of these miniature craft to rendezvous with, and study, a target binary asteroid – a pair of asteroids that revolve around each other in close proximity. Read More
Meteors Help Martian Clouds Form

June 25, 2019 – How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? LASP scientists may have discovered the secret: just add meteors. Read More
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Source: ESA
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Source: NASA
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Source: WIRED
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Source: NASA/JPL
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Source: EWASS
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Source: Boeing
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Source: Southwest Research Institute
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Source: NASA
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Source: NASA
SIMPLEx Small Satellite Concept Finalists Target Moon, Mars And Beyond
Source: NASA
High-Power Communications Satellite Built By Maxar For Intelsat Arrives At Launch Base
Source: Maxar Technologies Blog
Students Blaze New Trails In NASA Space Exploration Design Competition
Source: NASA
All-Electric Maxar 1300-Class Communications Satellite To Deliver Broadcast Services For Eutelsat Customers
Source: Maxar Technologies
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Survey Saturn And Its Moon Titan
Source: NASA
NASA Reflects On Legacy Of LRO As Moon-Orbiting Mission Reaches 10-Year Anniversary
Source: NASA
Ariane 5’s Second Launch Of 2019
Source: ESA
FAA Announces New Supersonic Rulemaking
Source: Federal Aviation Administration
Harris Corporation And L3 Technologies Set Closing Date For Merger
Source: Harris
Hubble Captures Elusive, Irregular Galaxy
Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
ESA’s New Mission To Intercept A Comet
Source: ESA
GAO Recommends NASA Develop Contingency Plan For ISS Access Amid Commercial Crew Delays
Source: SpaceNews
Boeing To Move Space Headquarters To Florida
Source: SpaceNews
Station Mission Planning Reveals New Target Commercial Crew Launch Dates
Source: NASASpaceFlight.com
SMC Prepares For “Summer Of Launch 19” With Four Space Missions Over Two-Month Period
Source: Space and Missile Systems Center
KCOS Named Colorado Airport Of The Year
Source: General Aviation News
Astronomers See “Warm” Glow Of Uranus’s Rings
Source: University of California – Berkeley
Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels
Source: NASA/JPL