Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Nuclear Bombers And ICBMs To Go In Global Strike Command, After Two Slipups With Nukes
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is creating a new major command organization with authority over all air-breathing nuclear assets, Air Force leaders said. According to a nuclear "roadmap" unveiled […]
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CongressElection Nears With Likelihood Tighter Times Are In Store For Missile Defense Budgets
With the presidential election looming just a week from tomorrow, missile defense programs may face tighter financial times no matter whether Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic White House […]
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Congress
Rep. Frank Urges 25 Percent Defense Spending Cut
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called for cutting defense spending by 25 percent, or roughly $150 billion, with cuts centered mainly on weapons procurement programs and personnel end-strength reductions. In an […]
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Business/FinancialAnalyst To Obama: Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Critically Needed To Counter Rising Threat
While Democrats may be tempted to cut defense spending and redirect funds to programs propping up a weakened economy, it would be a disastrous mistake to slash funding for ballistic […]
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SpaceNASA Spacecraft Undergoes Testing Before Mission To Moon; Liftoff Set For April 24 From Cape Canaveral Atop Atlas V
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space, NASA announced. Built at Goddard Space Flight Center in […]
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[October 27, 2008]
// PDF View- MDA Breaks Ground For New Headquarters
- NASA Gives $350,000 Prize To Armadillo Aerospace in Lunar Challenge
- Space Systems/Loral To Gain $100 Million Credit Deal
- SBIRS Flight Software Delivered
- Search For Lunar Ice Fostered By New Technology
- MESSENGER Spacecraft Skims Just 125 Miles Over Mercury
- Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Moves Toward Low Rate Initial Production
- International Space Station To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Nov. 20, Crew Notes
- Moon Buggy Extraordinaire: Big Windows And Shirtsleeves Comfort
- NASA Spacecraft Undergoes Testing Before Mission To Moon; Liftoff Set For April 24 From Cape Canaveral Atop Atlas V
- Rep. Frank Urges 25 Percent Defense Spending Cut
- Nuclear Bombers And ICBMs To Go In Global Strike Command, After Two Slipups With Nukes
- Honeywell Protests $1.26 Billion NASA Contract Award To ITT
- Boeing Appeals Jury Verdict Against Company, Beginning Protracted Years-Long Legal Battle
- Contracts
- NASA Launch Schedule
- Vega Rocket Motor Test Fires At Range In Italy, ESA Announces
- Tomahawk Block IV Launches From Virginia Class Submarine
- Russians Delay Launch Of European Earth Surveying Satellite Until Sometime In 2009: ESA
- Arianespace To Launch Pan-African Rascom-QAF Satellite
- JASSM Extended Range Flight Test Completed
- Boeing Launches Another Italian Satellite
- Soyuz Finally Has Normal, Safe Landing As It Returns Crew To Earth Gently
- Ares I Design Flaw Means It Could Hit Launch Tower Or Crash Onto Launch Pad: Report
- Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Pad At Kennedy For Nighttime Launch Nov. 14 On Mission To Space Station
- Analyst To Obama: Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Critically Needed To Counter Rising Threat
- Election Nears With Likelihood Tighter Times Are In Store For Missile Defense Budgets
- Nation Unprepared For Biological Attack; Another Attack Could Occur At Any Time
- Czech Government Narrowly Survives No-Confidence Vote
- Hubble Space Telescope Inches Back Toward Normal Operations; Glitch That Shut Down Systems Likely Was Short- or Open-Circuit
- Boeing Joins Lockheed, ATK In Bid To Provide Commercial Orbital Space Transport For NASA
- India Launches Chandrayaan-1 Unmanned Mission To Moon
- Chinese Subs Stalk American Aircraft Carrier George Washington, Raising Specter Of Kitty Hawk Incident With Sub In 2006
- Iranian Nuclear Sites Numerous And Hardened, Tough For Israel To Destroy In Air Strikes
- Iran Races To Produce Nuclear Weapons While Stalling For Time In Talks: Analysts
- Russia Wouldn’t Really Act On Threat To Nuke U.S. European Missile System, According To Experts On Russia
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Space
Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Pad At Kennedy For Nighttime Launch Nov. 14 On Mission To Space Station
Space Shuttle Endeavour was carried from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for a nighttime launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Nov. 14 on […]
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Space
Moon Buggy Extraordinaire: Big Windows And Shirtsleeves Comfort
It’s low mileage, it provides a comfortable set of wheels for occupants, but it only goes 6 mph. And where this ride will go on off-road trips is truly out […]
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Space
Ares I Design Flaw Means It Could Hit Launch Tower Or Crash Onto Launch Pad: Report
Computer models show the Ares I rocket — being developed to launch the next-generation Orion U.S. spaceship — could come to grief at liftoff, an Orlando Sentinel report said. Models […]
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Space
International Space Station To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Nov. 20, Crew Notes
The International Space Station, an amazing sky laboratory, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Nov. 20. Built 210 miles above the ground while traveling at 17,500 miles an hour, the space […]