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SNC Leverages VORTEX® Engine Technology for DARPA’s OpFires Program

April 2, 2020   SPARKS, Nev.  –  Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, reached a major milestone in the advancement of hypersonic propulsion with its patented VORTEX engine, advancing to the next phase of the Defense…

Ball Aerospace-built Geostationary Air Quality Instrument Launches Successfully

February 19, 2020   BOULDER, Colo. – The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) instrument, jointly developed by Ball Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under the leadership of Ball Aerospace, launched successfully on Feb. 18, 2020. GEMS was integrated onto…

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing Starliner Spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test

December 20, 2019   Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule on the Orbital Flight Test lifted off on Dec. 20 at 6:36:43 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This marks the…

NASA Administrator explores future of aerospace engineering at new CU Boulder building

August 23, 2019   Today, the latest addition to the University of Colorado Boulder’s legacy of space exploration received a prestigious launch countdown. During a whirlwind visit to campus, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine toured CU Boulder's new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building—a…

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS III Satellite for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

August 22, 2019 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, designated Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on…

PointsBet Announces Second U.S.-Based Headquarters in Denver, Colorado

July 31, 2019   EXCHANGE PLACE, N.J.— July 31, 2019 — PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, announced today a new U.S.-based headquarters in Colorado, set to extend the company’s footprint beginning October 2019. The downtown Denver hub will serve as PointsBet USA’s western base of…