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Archives :: Analysis of Space Technology, NASA, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense
Displaying 1 - 20 of 842 stories.
November 26, 2008
United Technologies [UTX] yesterday said that its Pratt & Whitney division has acquired New Jersey-based ARDE, Inc., a small business that manufacturers components for spacecraft and missile propulsion systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ARDE...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4878.html November 24, 2008
Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill vehicle likely caused the SM-3 to miss killing a target missile, in a test...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4817.html November 24, 2008
Endeavour Mission Doubles Space Station Crew Capacity, Improves Solar Array Mechanism, May Provide Water Supply Solution After 2010 Fourth And Final Spacewalk Performed Today Space Shuttle Endeavour will wrap up the STS-126 Mission to the International Space...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4818.html November 24, 2008
Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the EMD system or face bullying for the rest of his term as...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4819.html November 24, 2008
Sikorski Also Urges Strong Support For NATO By Marina Malenic and Dave Ahearn A top Polish official yesterday urged President-elect Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, and his administration to continue plans for installing ballistic missile defense interceptors...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4820.html November 24, 2008
President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at the White House. Olmert earlier met with Secretary of State Condoleezza...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4821.html November 24, 2008
President-elect Obama is focusing on the weak economy and financial system crisis, along with auto industry woes, raising questions as to how much new money will be available for programs such as defense and space. Obama said during his successful campaign to...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4822.html November 24, 2008
Alan Stern Resigned From NASA This Year NASA space hardware programs frequently run over budget, and the space agency should keep a tighter rein on spending, a former NASA science programs leader asserted in The New York Times yesterday. S. Alan Stern, an...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4823.html November 24, 2008
The abort motor for the next-generation U.S. spaceship Orion successfully test-fired. Once Orion begins manned flights to space in the middle of the next decade, if a crisis occurs in the Ares rocket launching the Orion space capsule, the abort motor -- a...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4824.html November 24, 2008
A new sensor aboard the International Space Station will check continuously for harmful chemicals in air breathed by station crew members, NASA announced. That sensor also can serve as a fire and smoke alarm. Astronauts on the current Space Shuttle Endeavour...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4825.html November 24, 2008
NASA is pushing ahead with a plan to launch a spacecraft, Juno, that will unlock secrets of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, the space agency announced this afternoon. This mission will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4826.html November 24, 2008
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly to the station in a Soyuz spacecraft in May. He will be accompanied by...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4827.html November 24, 2008
Scientists using the European Space Agency spacecraft Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Martian crustal rocks. They...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4828.html November 24, 2008
The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) conducted critical design readiness reviews (CDRR) on its final two prime items, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those final items were the surveillance radar...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4829.html November 24, 2008
NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) will join forces to launch an observatory that will plumb the mysteries of dark energy, which is found throughout the universe. The two agencies signed a memorandum of understanding launching the Joint Dark Energy...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4830.html November 24, 2008
Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III turned over responsibility for missile defense operations to Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly, who became the eighth director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The shift in leadership was announced...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4831.html November 24, 2008
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) will continue as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman in the next two-year Congress, the 111th Congress, the House Democratic Caucus decided. Skelton became chairman two years ago when Democrats were voted into control...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4832.html November 24, 2008
Sea Launch will perform five launch operations for Intelsat, the sea-going launch platform company announced. The firms signed a multiple launch services contract for five missions on the Sea Launch...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4833.html November 24, 2008
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will boost the Hot Bird 9 and W2M satellites to orbit for European operator Eutelsat...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4834.html November 24, 2008
Commercial space traveler Richard Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, returned to Earth after a mission to the International Space Station, Space Adventures, Ltd. announced. The company books commercial human space missions, such as Richard...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/4835.html
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