Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialGriffin Leaves With Message Unchanged: Aim High In Space Program Strategy
U.S. Aerospace Endeavor Still Leads By Coasting On Past Investments, But Other Nations Now ‘Closing In’ NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is leaving his post with an unvarying message, that the […]
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Business/Financial
ESA Will See Several Major Launches This Year, ESA Director General Says
The European Space Agency will see several major spacecraft launches this year, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said. Among major spacecraft being orbited are Herschel-Planck, GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat-2, he […]
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CongressTauscher Again To Head Panel Overseeing Missile Defense
The leading congressional critic of ballistic missile defense programs will retain her powerful post overseeing those efforts, as the 111th Congress organizes itself for the next two years. Rep. Ellen […]
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Business/Financial
SES Astra Satellite Dies
SES Astra announced that its Astra 5 satellite failed. The bird, which operated at at 31.5 degrees East, experienced a technical anomaly leading to the end of the spacecraft’s mission, […]
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Congress
Analysts See Iran Confronting Obama On Nukes, Moscow Assailing Him On European Missile Shield; Defense Outlays Would Be Prime Economic Aid
As Barack Obama enters the White House, he will inherit multiple problems that bedeviled President Bush during his years in office, including an Iran obstinately refusing to abandon its nuclear […]
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SpaceU.S. Probe On Indian Satellite Hunts For Frozen Water In Deep, Dark Lunar Craters
A NASA probe carried on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter that India launched last year is searching for frozen water in deep, dark craters on the moon, because water would be […]
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Air ForceIran Found To Amass Key Substances For Ballistic Missiles Production: Report
Iran is amassing materials such as tungsten copper and specialized aluminum and titanium sheets that are key to production of missiles, including long-range weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported. The […]
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Space
Methane Discovered On Mars Signals Either Biological Life Or Active Geology
Methane that erupts from beneath the surface of Mars shows either that there is subterranean biological life, or that the red planet is geologically active, NASA announced. Further research will […]
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[January 19, 2009]
// PDF View- Obama Pledges To Continue War Against Terrorists, But Offers Comity If They Stop Killing Innocents
- Obama Seeks Ban On Anti-Satellite Weapons; Also Seeks To Counter Threats To U.S. Space Assets
- If Defense And NASA Received Traditional Share Of Federal Funding, Economic Stimulus Bill Could Mean $152 Billion For DOD, $8 Billion For NASA
- Griffin Says Chris Scolese Becomes Acting NASA Administrator; Space Chief Bows Out, Still Seeking Support For Programs; Gration Touted As Leading Contender To
- Griffin Leaves With Message Unchanged: Aim High In Space Program Strategy
- Tauscher Again To Head Panel Overseeing Missile Defense
- Analysts See Iran Confronting Obama On Nukes, Moscow Assailing Him On European Missile Shield; Defense Outlays Would Be Prime Economic Aid
- Iran Found To Amass Key Substances For Ballistic Missiles Production: Report
- Aegis Program Director Sees Immediate Need For 7 Or 8 More Ships; More After That
- Arianespace Grabs 72 Percent Of Orders Booked In 2008:
- Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives At Pad For Launch On STS-119 Mission To Space Station At 7:32 A.M. ET Feb. 12
- Polar Operational Environmental Satellite Poised For Launch On Delta II Feb. 4
- Raytheon Mid-Range Munition Launches, Hits Target
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- PlanetSpace (Boeing, Lockheed, ATK) Protests NASA Contract Awards To Orbital, SpaceX For Cargo Missions
- Lockheed Gains $6.3 Million Vertical Launch Contract
- Thales Gains Norwegian Defense Contract For New Satellite Comms Contract For Service On Five Nansen Class Frigates
- Air Force To Reopen TSAT Competition With No Plans To Scale Back Effort
- Bush Hailed For Developing Missile Defense System
- European Spacecraft XMM-Newton Probes Dense, Dead, Spinning Star
- ESA Will See Several Major Launches This Year, ESA Director General Says
- SES Astra Satellite Dies
- U.S. Probe On Indian Satellite Hunts For Frozen Water In Deep, Dark Lunar Craters
- Methane Discovered On Mars Signals Either Biological Life Or Active Geology
- Northrop Grumman-Built Satellite Antenna Enables NASA’s Discovery of Buried Glaciers On Mars
- NASA Global Hawk Poised For Enviro Science Research
- NASA Inspector General Did Little To Uncover Potential Savings, GAO Report States
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Business/Financial
Aegis Program Director Sees Immediate Need For 7 Or 8 More Ships; More After That
The Navy needs some seven or eight more ballistic-missile-defense (BMD) Aegis weapon system surface ships immediately to meet demands of combatant commanders, and the sea service definitely will need more […]