The technique offers highly accurate data, but creating a statewide, sustained program could be a challenge.
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International water researcher highlights Colorado Basin’s “disappearing” groundwater
Satellite data shows groundwater has dropped faster across the Colorado River Basin than reservoir levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead
Posted inOutdoors
There will be a total eclipse of the moon on Election Day. Here’s what you need to know.
Tuesday will mark the last total lunar eclipse until March 2025
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A Crested Butte couple just wanted better backpacking coffee. They made something so good NASA came calling.
Mark and Alison Drucker co-founded First Ascent in 2014 and brewed up instant coffee four years later. Their product is now headed to the International Space Station at the request of an astronaut.
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Colorado-designed Capstone satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
By Nick Perry, The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again. It’s been an unusual journey already for […]
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The West is baking, burning and drying out. These numbers explain why and how.
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got this bad. The West is going through “the trifecta of an epically dry year followed by incredible heat the last […]
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Opinion: As megafires menace us, tech innovation can lead to smarter firefighting
Record-breaking fires over the past decade suggest the western U.S. has entered a new era of megafires. Fire itself is not the problem – it has been characteristic of the North American West for millennia. The problem is when fires, fueled by dry and overgrown forests, grow into giant blazes that move fast, fill the […]
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New EV for the moon will be assembled by Colorado’s Lockheed Martin with GM riding shotgun
Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to create a lunar terrain vehicle that, if selected by NASA, could be used in its Artemis program that will return humans to the moon. Lockheed Martin, with its space division headquarters in Denver, said it will lead the team with expertise in deep-space crafts while GM will […]
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Colorado-based flight controllers send NASA spacecraft on 2-year trip back to earth with rubble from an asteroid
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror. The trip home for the robotic prospector, Osiris-Rex, will take two years. Osiris-Rex […]
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Colorado’s Sierra Nevada plans to develop commercial space station and serve space tourists
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems division has spent years developing habitats for life in Earth’s orbit and the vehicle to get people there. On Wednesday, the aerospace contractor announced plans to put the two together and build a space station. Sierra Nevada’s station will be a commercial successor to NASA’s soon-to-be retired International Space Station. […]