Space

  • Launch Schedule

    Launch Schedule

    2007 Oct. 23 + STS-120 STS-120 will be the twenty-third mission to the International Space Station and will deliver the U.S. Node 2 Harmony module expanding the space station’s capability […]

  • Electric Power Plants In Space: An Idea Whose Time Is Near

    Electric Power Plants In Space: An Idea Whose Time Is Near

    Beam me down, Scotty – that is, beam me down an unlimited amount of electrical power to meet an enormous future world energy demand — all without creating one bit […]

  • Boeing Wins Contract For Advanced Sensor In Next-Generation Missile

    Boeing Wins Contract For Advanced Sensor In Next-Generation Missile

    By Michael Sirak The Air Force picked The Boeing Co. [BA] to develop sensor technologies for the air-launched dual-role missile that the service envisions to deal both with hostile aircraft […]

  • Raytheon Gains Army Missile Defense Contract

    Raytheon Gains Army Missile Defense Contract

    The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, to investigate improvements to integrated air and missile defense mission effectiveness. Under the five-year agreement, Raytheon […]

  • Senate Adds $1 Billion To $17.5 Billion NASA Funding

    Senate Adds $1 Billion To $17.5 Billion NASA Funding

    Bush Threatens Veto Of Spending Measure The Senate added $1 billion to the roughly $17.5 billion NASA portion of a funding bill for fiscal year 2008 that began a week […]

  • Obering Says $85 Million Cut Won’t Severely Damage European BMD Program

    Obering Says $85 Million Cut Won’t Severely Damage European BMD Program

    Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won’t greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” […]

  • NASA Finds Weight Savings With Fewer Backup Systems In Next Spaceship

    NASA Finds Weight Savings With Fewer Backup Systems In Next Spaceship

    NASA is shaving weight on the next-generation U.S. spaceship, the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV), by cutting back on backup systems, according to Skip Hatfield, project manager for the CEV […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Ariane 5 Orbits Intelsat II And Optus D2 Satellites; Further Launches Set An Ariane 5 launched two satellites, Intelsat 11 and Optus D2, marking the fourth dual-payload launch this year […]

  • Launch Schedule

    Launch Schedule

    2007 Oct. 23 + STS-120 STS-120 will be the twenty-third mission to the International Space Station and will deliver the U.S. Node 2 Harmony module expanding the space station’s capability […]

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    Australia Buys Into U.S. WGS System; Boeing May Build An Extra Satellite Australia will buy into the U.S. Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system instead of producing an Aussie-built satellite, meaning […]