Space & Missile Defense Report

When U.S. astronauts next set foot on the moon, they likely will be following Chinese taikonauts there, an aerospace leader predicted. Marion Blakey, the Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO, […]

A water-detecting sensor on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter launched by India has been activated successfully, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation told Raytheon the sensor […]

If NASA shifts even partially from its Constellation Program plan for building the new Ares rocket family, and decides instead to convert and adapt the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]

Dassault Aviation signed papers to acquire Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] shares in Thales, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal involved 41,262,481 Thales shares. This transaction will be based on a price of Euro38 per […]

NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project completed a mission operations readiness (MOR) review, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The largest review of the overall NPOESS configuration […]

The United States shouldn’t use a military strike to annihilate Iranian nuclear production facilities, but President-elect Obama should order talks with Iran and convince Tehran leaders that the United States […]

While NASA supporters worry that President-elect Obama might cut funding for the space program, an upbeat sign came when Obama’s team invited NASA to march in his inaugural parade Jan. […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] received a satellite launch contract from Thales Alenia Space, Boeing announced. Boeing will launch the fourth satellite for the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean […]

The first stage flight tank for the Falcon 9 rocket arrived at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced. The Falcon 9 will see its maiden launch next […]