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Scientific Sense podcast features Dr. Jack Burns

Dec. 11, 2020

From the Scientific Sense podcast: Artemis - A whole new program to travel to the moon and to establish a habitat there including an observatory, gateway that orbits with self propulsion and designing a launch pad for future exploration of the solar system including Mars. Prof. Jack Burns is a...

An artist's impression of Capstone. Tyvak Nano-satellite Systems

CubeSat to Blaze a Trail for Lunar Gateway

Sept. 17, 2019

From Sky & Telescope: A future CubeSat pathfinder is set to explore a unique orbital path that will be used later by humans exploring the Moon. Last week, NASA awarded a $13.7 million contract to Advanced Space, based in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, Colorado, to develop the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations...

Peaks within the moon’s Tycho Crater.

Three projects tapped by NASA for lunar exploration have ÐßÐßÊÓƵ ties

July 4, 2019

From the Daily Camera: NASA has announced a dozen science and technology payloads that will be at the core of the nation’s mission to put humans back on the moon by 2024, and two of them are led by investigators based in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, while a third also has local ties...

An Orion crew module, part of NASA’s Space Launch System

For Artemis Mission to Moon, NASA Seeks to Add Billions to Budget

May 13, 2019

From The New York Times: NASA officials on Monday evening unveiled an updated budget request to Congress, seeking more than $1 billion in additional funding in what they called a down payment to accelerate the return of astronauts to the moon by 2024. Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s administrator, also said that...