Space
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Business/FinancialArtemis Sensor Activated Aboard TacSat-3 Satellite
The Artemis hyperspectral imaging sensor was activated on the TacSat-3 satellite, and Artemis is fully functional, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Activation marks the beginning of the year-long TacSat-3 mission to […]
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House NASA Budget Plan Would Slash Constellation Program; Cuts Would Be Provisional, Awaiting Report Of Augustine Panel
While some lawmakers and other critics say President Obama’s budget plan leaves NASA underfunded, his proposal may be far better than what the space agency ultimately will receive from Congress. […]
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Business/Financial
Critics Of Missile Defense Delight In Gates Comments
Long-time foes of missile defense programs have found new friends in an unlikely place: top-tier offices in the Pentagon. Comments that Department of Defense leaders have made to argue for […]
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Space Forum New York: Commercial Firms Will Perform Missions For Less Money Than NASA, Space Tourist Richard Garriott Says, And NASA Could Operate For Half The Money It Now Receives
Commercial Space Industry Poised For Launch, Lifting Investors On A Ride To Success, Garriott Predicts; New Uses For Space Seen NEW YORK — Private commercial space firms will be able […]
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SpaceAtlantis Returns To Kennedy Atop 747 Carrier Aircraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis finally returned home, riding atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. That piggyback ride was needed because foul Florida weather forced Atlantis to land on the West […]
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Space Forum New York: Air Force Space Buyer Says Contract Protests Can Be Avoided By Making Requirements Precise, Measureable
Payton Says If GPS III Contract Award Had Been Protested, Air Force Still Was Set To Let Winner Commence Work On Critically Needed Satellites NEW YORK — The Department of […]
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Space
Endeavour Given Thumbs Up To Launch At 7:17 A.M. ET Saturday On STS-127 Mission
NASA leaders gave Space Shuttle Endeavour a green light to launch at 7:17 a.m. June 13 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A on an exhausting 16-day mission to the […]
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CongressSpace Forum New York: Space Station Shutdown After 2015 Makes No Sense, NASA Advisor Says; Station Just Now Nearing Completion, Full Use
NEW YORK — It would be incomprehensible to shut down the International Space Station after 2015, even though that is what current law envisions, a senior NASA figure said. Alan […]
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InternationalCircus Leader To Become Space Tourist
The founder of the Cirque du Soleil circus will become a space tourist, according to Space Adventures, Ltd. The firm arranges trips to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz […]
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Missile Defense Conference: O’Reilly Says High Cost Of Targets A Hurdle; Mass-Produced Lower-Cost Targets Needed
Proposal For More Targets Seen This Summer; MDA Seeks New Sources Of Target Missiles The U.S. missile defense program has a cost problem, not so much with the high-speed interceptors […]