Space
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Business/FinancialPentagon Needs To Take Added Steps On Operationally Responsive Space; GAO Finds, However, That Department of Defense Is Making Progress
The Department of Defense (DOD), while making progress in its operationally responsive space (ORS) programs over the past two years, needs to take additional steps to ensure that ORS requirements of […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Russians Still Unsure Why Soyuz Has Landing Glitch; First Suspected Source Isn’t The Cause: Gerstenmaier Russia Uses Same Sleuthing Methods To Diagnose Soyuz That NASA Troubleshooters Used On Space Shuttle […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
General Dynamics Gets $116.3 Million NASA Landsat Order NASA gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $116.3 million delivery order for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. General Dynamics Advanced […]
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Homeland Security
Foes Of European Ballistic Missile Defense Unleash Yet Another Attack, Criticize Radar
Another attack on the planned European (Ground-based) Midcourse Defense (EMD) shield to protect Europe and the United States against Iranian missiles has come from those who have criticized the program […]
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SpaceNavy Bars Some Officers From Seeking To Be Astronauts: Report
The Navy is barring some officers in certain specialties from a chance to become NASA astronauts, The New York Times reported. While large numbers of Navy officers have become astronauts, […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Northrop To Vie For GOES-R Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] will compete for the Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite — Series R GOES-R contract. Northrop submitted a proposal to NASA to […]
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SpaceNASA Extends Saturn-Circling Cassini-Huygens Satellite Tour By Two Years
NASA extended the tour of the international Cassini-Huygens mission scoping out Saturn and its exotic moons by two years, and yet another extension eventually may be in the cards. Cassini’s […]
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CongressFormer Pentagon Testing Chief Claims Airborne Laser Can’t Kill Enemy Missiles If They’re Painted White
A Test, However, Shows White Target Missile Body Blasted Wide Open In Airborne Laser Ground Shot This is what the Airborne Laser can do to the body of a missile […]
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InternationalSoyuz Carrying Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut, Russian, Korean, Has Fast, Rough ‘Ballistic’ Reentry With High-g Forces; Spacecraft Lands 295 Miles From Target Touchdown Site
Peggy Whitson, Space Station Expedition 16 Commander, Breaks Record For Cumulative Time In Space For Any U.S. Astronaut, Male Or Female, With 377 Days Aloft Russian Cosmonauts Still Hold World-Wide […]
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Business/FinancialFAA Report Sees Boom In Tiny Commercial Space Ventures: Huge Opportunities Seen For Private Firms Developing Vehicles To Haul Astronauts, Cargo, Food And Much More
Are Private Space Transport Firms Today Where Microsoft Was When It Sold Stock In 1985? Broader, Established Space Transport Industry Sees Revenues, Profits Soar More Than 40 Percent Over Two […]