Aerospace News | New Mexico Partnership

Albuquerque announced Thursday that it’s one of 6 finalists for a new U.S. Space Command. The Space Command is the latest in 11 unified commands in the DoD.

NASA’s new Mars 2020 mission has New Mexico written all over it. The rover, the chopper and the cruise-stage spacecraft now hurtling through space are loaded with NM-made technology

The city got approval from the EPC to take a “big step forward” in building the “Orion Center,” an aerospace and technology facility on a 122-acre plot of land adjacent to the Sunport.

AFRL’s Space Vehicles on Kirtland Airforce Base celebrated the completion of its newest construction project, the Deployable Structures Laboratory.

Santa Fe-based Descartes Labs has been awarded a two-year, $2.2 million contract to collaborate with the U.S. Air Force.

Albuquerque-based mPower Technologies’ new solar-cell material will power up a small satellite scheduled for launch into low-Earth orbit in December.

Arizona-based Ascent Aviation Services is planning to expand to the Roswell Air Center and hire 360 employees for airplane repair and maintenance services.

UNM scientists and students will help the Air Force Research Laboratory build next-generation space technology under two new contracts totaling nearly $25M.