News & Deals
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Oakman Aerospace and ArsUltra advance partnership to develop modular spacecraft solution
November 26, 2019
Oakman Aerospace Inc. (OAI) and Argentina-based ArsUltra (AU) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on integrating their respective technologies as well as potential new technology creation.
The new agreement indicates the companies’ shared…
Ball Corporation contributes more than $1 million to CU Boulder
August 22, 2019
The University of Colorado Boulder Thursday announced two major gifts from Ball Corporation and its foundation, including a $1 million gift from Ball to support the university’s new Aerospace Engineering Sciences building opening this fall.
The Ball Foundation, the…
NOAA Selects SpaceNav for Advanced Space Situational Awareness Services
August 20, 2019
BOULDER, CO − SpaceNav, a Colorado-based engineering and applied mathematics company has been awarded a new contract by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deliver subject matter expertise for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) operations. NOAA’s…
Students to send hundreds of leaf-sized spacecraft to the moon
July 24, 2019
Fifty years ago today, the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, safely returning the first astronauts to set foot on the moon.
Now, students from Colorado and across the world will continue that legacy of exploration via the Great Lunar…
United Launch Alliance Wins Multi-Year Competitive Contract Award to Launch Critical National Security Space Missions for the U.S. Space Force
August 10, 2020
Centennial, COLO. - The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60 percent of the missions on its newest launch procurement contract. This contract resulted from a competitive…
Satellite mission selected to explore binary asteroid
June 20, 2019
BOULDER —A team led by CU 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…