New airplane helps MSU Denver’s championship aerobatics team soar to new heights
Tien Luu can sound matter-of-fact when describing how he stays oriented in an imaginary 4,000-foot-high “box” while flying precision maneuvers…
Category: Aviation and Aerospace
Changemaker: A new chapter of the National Gay Pilots Association lifts off at MSU Denver
Editor’s note: Throughout the year, RED’s Changemakers series will feature students, faculty members, staff members and alumni who are trailblazers for Colorado’s…
8 things you should know about the new security checkpoint at DIA
Denver International Airport, third-busiest in the world, is seeing more air travelers every year. In 2022, the airport served more…
9 space marvels to scope out in 2024
Look up to the stars this year, and you can expect to see all kinds of wonders. There will be…
Soaring student receives Provost’s Award for outstanding achievement
When Natalie Gramer pilots a plane, the world below recedes. “It just makes sense,” she said. “You look out over…
Outer space is full of our junk. Here’s what we should do about it
Roughly 25,000 pieces of space junk, including obsolete satellites, rocket parts and other debris, are currently orbiting Earth. Despite the…
United, MSU Denver join forces to tackle pilot shortage
Metropolitan State University of Denver is partnering with Aviate, United Airline’s pilot career-development program, to combat the nation’s pilot shortage…
Justin Darnall wants to get humans back to the moon — and beyond
More than 50 years ago, the astronauts of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission became the last humans to set…
A new way to light up the sky
A giant eyeball appears in the sky. Pac-Man eats a cherry, and the iconic Hollywood sign flashes over palm trees….
The initiative that’s helping change the face of aerospace
For the majority of the aerospace industry’s existence, its workforce has been a fairly homogenous landscape. According to the 2021…