Space & Missile Defense Report

As President Obama and Congress prepare to decide future funding levels for NASA, a study released today suggests cutting space spending could make an already staggering U.S. economy even weaker. […]

A special high definition feed from NASA TV on Earth Day, Wednesday, will feature views of Earth captured by cameras aboard the International Space Station. The space station and its […]

After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of ‘Sovereignty’ […]

NASA’s Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth. The new first light images show the mission’s […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to […]

A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze […]

Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile defense system ground operations passed a dry-run test ahead of a planned KEI booster flight later this year, North Grumman [NOC] said yesterday. That dry-run […]

MakaLani, LLC. of Hawaii announced it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with RapidEye AG of Brandenburg, Germany to be the distributor in the United States of RapidEye satellite […]