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Laura Keeney

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft breaks apart shortly after liftoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, June 28, 2015. The rocket was carrying supplies to the International Space Station.

Congressional representatives call SpaceX Falcon 9 launch certification into question

May 18, 2016 at 12:43 p.m.

Congressional representatives call SpaceX Falcon 9 launch certification into question

A tour Ball Aerospace in Boulder.

Ball Aerospace Q2 earnings down, but $641M in contracts are booked

April 22, 2016 at 7:15 p.m.

Ball Aerospace Q2 earnings down, but $641M in contracts are booked

Baseball fans wait to enter Coors Field

Rockies embrace CLEAR / Fast Access at Coors Field

April 23, 2016 at 10:19 p.m.

Rockies embrace CLEAR / Fast Access at Coors Field

Jack Rink, president and CEO of Pueblo Economic Development Corp., announcing United Launch Alliance will spend $5 million to develop a space rocket research and development facility in his city.

Pueblo lands United Launch Alliance rocket R&D operation

April 23, 2016 at 12:03 a.m.

Pueblo lands United Launch Alliance rocket R&D operation

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-10 mission for the U.S. Air Force launches July 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

GPS network, based in Colorado, marks 20th anniversary

April 22, 2016 at 8:57 p.m.

GPS network, based in Colorado, marks 20th anniversary

Pluto and Charon are shown here in exaggerated colors that make it easy to note the differences in surface material and features on each planetary body. The images were obtained using three of the color filters of the Ralph instrument, which was built in Boulder, Colo. at Ball Aerospace.

Message from Pluto: New Horizons made it

April 23, 2016 at 4:38 a.m.

Message from Pluto: New Horizons made it

New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, CO., left, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Director Ralph Semmel, center, and New Horizons Co-Investigator Will Grundy Lowell Observatory hold a print of an U.S. stamp with their suggested update since the New Horizons spacecraft reached Pluto on July 14, 2015.

Pluto mission: Q&A New Horizons’ Pluto geologist, SwRI’s John Spencer

April 22, 2016 at 8:59 p.m.

Pluto mission: Q&A New Horizons' Pluto geologist, SwRI's John Spencer

This latest image of Pluto was returned from New Horizons on Monday, July 13. The image was snapped at 4 p.m. EDT July 13, about 16 hours prior to closest approach, at about 476,000 miles from the planet's surface.

Pluto flyby: New Horizons reaches dwarf planet

April 22, 2016 at 1:28 p.m.

Pluto flyby: New Horizons reaches dwarf planet

DENVER, CO. - February 19, 2015: DIA trains at Concourse C

DIA trains to close for repair in wee hours this week and next

April 22, 2016 at 9:10 a.m.

DIA trains to close for repair in wee hours this week and next

Ball Aerospace & Technologies in Boulder built New Horizons' Ralph instrument, which will provide navigational images and study Pluto s surface geology to create color, composition and thermal maps of Pluto and one of its moons, Charon.

New Horizons will fly past Pluto with plenty from Colorado on board

April 22, 2016 at 9:19 a.m.

New Horizons will fly past Pluto with plenty from Colorado on board