Space

  • Douglass Says Some Nation Will Develop New Space Shuttle

    Douglass Says Some Nation Will Develop New Space Shuttle

    NASA Sorely Underfunded, Needs Far More Money: Douglass U.S. preeminence in space is fading because NASA is being starved of funding it urgently requires, and that may mean some other […]

  • SPECIAL REPORT: Israeli Missile Affairs

    SPECIAL REPORT: Israeli Missile Affairs

    Israel To Face Threat If China Sells Advanced Fighters, Missiles, To Iran Israel will face a serious new threat if China, as rumored, sells advanced long-range Chengdu J-10 fighter aircraft […]

  • Discovery, Atlantis Heat Tiles Found Solid So Far In Inspections

    Discovery, Atlantis Heat Tiles Found Solid So Far In Inspections

    Thermal protection heat tiles on Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis have been found solid in inspections, Wayne Hale, space shuttle program manager said in a NASA briefing today. Discovery, now […]

  • SPECIAL REPORT: China: The Rising Threat

    SPECIAL REPORT: China: The Rising Threat

    Defense Secretary Gates In China To Question Chinese Military Buildup Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is in China, where he will attempt to get Chinese leaders to explain why […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    New Navy Missile Launcher Tested, So Conventional Missiles Work In Submarines The Navy is developing a new type of missile launcher that would permit using conventional missiles including Army weapons […]

  • Experts: Iran Progress On Nuclear Bomb Impossible To Gauge; Bomb Design A Problem

    Experts: Iran Progress On Nuclear Bomb Impossible To Gauge; Bomb Design A Problem

    Experts said outsiders can’t accurately assess just when a secretive Iran might develop a nuclear bomb, and also said it is unclear just when Iran might gain a workable nuclear […]

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  • Launches

    Launches

    Ariane 5 Preparations Build Toward Launch Next Week The two satellites for the next Ariane 5 flight are in final preparation at the European Spaceport in French Guiana in South […]

  • Launch Schedule

    Launch Schedule

    2007 Dec. 6 + STS-122 STS-122 will deliver the Columbus European Laboratory Module and will be the twenty-fourth mission to the International Space Station. Launch Time: 4:34 p.m. EST 2008 […]

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    In The News