Space

SES WORLD SKIES recently said that its NSS-12 satellite safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane, in preparation for launch onboard an […]

Astronomers and space enthusiasts worldwide cheered as the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) successfully impacted the moon’s Cabeus crater Oct. 9, according to Northrop Grumman [NOC], which built […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is set to pass a NASA spending bill this week that nearly matches the White House’s request for space exploration, just as a growing chorus […]

Vandenberg Oct. 8 successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 a Delta II carrying WorldView-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite now in polar orbit, the Air Force said. “There really is nothing […]

By Marina Malenic A new plan for missile defense deployment in Europe relies on proven capabilities and is much more flexible in the face of a changing threat environment than […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate considered a NASA spending bill yesterday with more exploration monies than a House version that would delay funding until a blue-ribbon panel offers manned-spaceflight options […]

The huge assembly standing in Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] high bay looks a lot like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but it’s a full-scale simulator of the space telescope’s key […]

By B.C. Kessner The commander of the Air Force Space Command recently said it was closing in on an interim goal of being able to track over 1,000 objects in […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last month it has begun thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, a major program milestone that will validate […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon [RTN] is now working with suppliers and conducting developmental testing of the Air Force’s latest variant of the AGM-65E2 laser-guided Maverick missile, with flight tests scheduled […]