Space & Missile Defense Report
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[March 9, 2009]
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- Space Shuttle Discovery Poised For Liftoff At 9:20 P.M. Wednesday; NASA Solves Problem With Fuel System Flow Control Valves Breaking
- Obama Will Kill European Missile Defense In Deal With Russia That Can’t Work: Analyst
- Study Says Using Aegis Ships Instead Of European Missile Defense Would Cost Twice As Much As EMD
- Clinton, Lavrov Don’t Reach Agreement On European Missile Defense, But Talks To Continue Between Moscow, Washington
- Iran Fires New Air-To-Surface Missile Targeting Ships, Threatens To Close Hormuz Strait In Any Attack
- Franks, Republicans, Assail Obama Move To Drop European Missile Defense In Iranian Pressure Deal With Russians
- Group To Obama: Don’t Agree To Kill European Missile Defense Until Iran Nukes, Missile Programs Verifiably Dismantled
- GAO Cites NASA Programs For Cost Overruns, Delays, But Reports NASA Is Fixing Problems Now
- Asteroid Narrowly Misses Hitting Earth; Damage Could Have Been Substantial
- Russia Developing Anti-Satellite Weapon
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Members Announced; Inouye Chairs Full Committee, Defense Subcommittee
- NASA Names Mishap Investigation Board For OCO Disaster
- Iridium Calls For Several Actions To Counter Space Debris Threat
- Kepler Planet-Seeker Lifts Off On Delta II Rocket In Clean Burn; Spacecraft Enters Correct Position
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $11.4 Million Patriot Facilities Contract
- Senator Orders NASA To Provide Documents About Small Firm Under Investigation
- NASA Official Indicted For Steering Deals To Clients
- Navy Ship To Be Named For Astronaut Wally Schirra
- Air Force Lab Taps Northrop For Wireless Setup Inside Satellites
- Navy Air And Missile Defense Command To Be Stood Up At Dahlgren, Va.: CNO
- Three Hypersonic Science Centers Designated
- GOES-O Satellite Is Shipped
- NASA Mission Would Name MVMs: Most Valuable Missions
- GPS III Progressing In Preliminary Design Review, Lockheed Martin Reports
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Navy/USMCNavy Setting Up New Air And Missile Defense Center of Excellence At Dahlgren
By Geoff Fein Next month, the Navy will stand up a new center of excellence at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Va., focused on integration and synchronization of air and […]
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Business/FinancialIran Plans Eight Times More Centrifuges: Report
Iran plans to increase its nuclear materials production capacity to more than eight times its current size, Xinhua news agency reported. Iran plans to expand the 6,000 centrifuges to a […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Confirms That Launch Is Imminent: Report
North Korea confirmed that it is poised to launch a missile, though the North said it was about to orbit a satellite, rather than to test an intercontinental ballistic missile, […]
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[March 2, 2009]
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- Special Fiscal 2010 Budget Issue: Obama Budget Is Stand-Pat For NASA, But Cuts Missile Defense Deeply, Damaging Programs, Harming Security
- Obama Endorses Bush Plan For Half-Decade Gap Between Shuttles Retiring Next Year and Orion-Ares Spaceship System Manned Flights Beginning In 2015
- Gates Says Pentagon Must Demand More Mature Technology In Missile Defense And Other Programs Before They Advance To Full Rate Production
- Sen. Levin Doubtful About Need For Airborne Laser Missile Defense System
- Rep. Tauscher Suggests Slashing Ground-based Missile Defense, Others, In Letter To Pentagon Leader
- Missile Defense Agency Set To Increase Testing Of Ballistic Missile Defense Systems As Some Lawmakers Challenge Testing Adequacy
- Proposed Cuts To Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Imperil Nation
- Budget Reaction: Cutting Funds For GMD Could Harm Capability Just As Iran, North Korea, Pose Growing Threats
- Obama Budget Outline Provides More Than $1.3 Billion Going To Weather, Climate Satellites And Sensors
- Adm. Mullen Concerned Iran Is Moving To Nuclear Capability; North Korean Launch Bears Watching
- Iran Is Supplying Surface-To-Air Missiles To Taliban In Afghanistan
- Iran Plans Eight Times More Centrifuges: Report
- North Korea Confirms That Launch Is Imminent: Report
- Orbital Taurus XL Rocket Fails To Orbit CO2-Sensing Satellite When Fairing Doesn’t Separate
- Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Now Set For March 12; But Review Of Worrisome Valves Still Continues
- Kepler Launch Date Slips A Day; Liftoff Now Set For Friday At Either 10:49 Or 11:13 P.M. ET
- ATACMS Launched In Stockpile Verification Test
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Boeing Submits Altair Lunar Lander Proposal
- NASA Gives Oceaneering International $9.6 Million Initial Spacesuit Contract; Full Pact To Be Negotiated By August
- Bell, Boeing, Sikorsky To Vie For Task Orders In NASA Rotary Wing Development Contract
- AsiaSat 5 To Launch On ILS Proton In July-September Quarter
- ATK Gains $90 Million Trident II Solid Rocket Contract
- Russian Bear Bombers Fly Near Canada; NORAD Scrambles Fighters
- Raytheon Working Toward Anti-Jamming GPS Antenna
- Northrop Delivers Payload Module For AEHF Military Comms Bird
- Ares I Parachute Passes Test
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Business/Financial
Orbital Taurus XL Rocket Fails To Orbit CO2-Sensing Satellite When Fairing Doesn’t Separate
Loss Of Orbiting Carbon Observatory A Blow To Examining Sources, Destinations Of Greenhouse Gas NASA Goddard Deputy Director To Lead Probe Of OCO Glitch An Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] Taurus […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Discovery Launch Now Set For March 12; But Review Of Worrisome Valves Still Continues
Experts To Meet Wednesday To Reassess Safety Concerns March 12 Liftoff At 8:54 P.M. ET Would Mean On-Schedule Launches For Hubble, Station Missions The much-delayed Space Shuttle Discovery now may […]
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Business/Financial
Report Says Obama Offered To Kill European Missile Defense System If Russia Helps Curb Iran
Report Appeared In Russian Paper President Obama offered to kill plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) system if Russia would help the United States force Iran to abandon […]
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Business/Financial
Kepler Launch Date Slips A Day; Liftoff Now Set For Friday At Either 10:49 Or 11:13 P.M. ET
Delay Allows Time To Ensure Kepler Doesn’t Meet Fate Of Satellite Last Week The Kepler space telescope launch has been shifted to Friday night, a day later than planned, so […]