Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialContracts
NASA Gives Boeing $650 Million Contract Change For Space Station Support NASA awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue engineering support of the […]
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[September 29, 2008]
// PDF View- Missile Defense Programs Hit With $410 Million In Authorization Cuts
- NASA Seeks Weight Reduction, Reuseable Components, And More In Its Constellation Program Hardware For Missions To The Moon And Far Beyond, Briefers Say
- NASA Reaches Age 50 On Wednesday, As China Performs Its First Spacewalk
- Obama Says United States Mustn’t Tolerate A Nuclear-Armed Iran, Since That Would Threaten Israel; He Terms Iranian Guard Terrorists
- Bush Administration Seen Blocking Arms Packages For Taiwan, So Next U.S. President To Decide Issue
- Russian Belligerence Over European Missile Defense May Ironically Assist EMD
- Air Force Move To Avert Possible Industry Protest Of Pending Satellite Contract Could Delay Award
- U.S. Spacecraft Goes On Display At Smithsonian Air And Space Museum
- IKONOS Satellite On Orbit Nine Years
- Mars Orbiter Finds Martian Fissures That Filled With Water Eons Ago
- Phoenix Mars Lander Still Working Hard As It Faces A Death Sentence
- Batelle Scientists Invent Oxygen Generator That Doesn’t Require Any Electricity; Process Is Similar To Plant Photosynthesis
- Contracts
- U.S. Will Shoot Itself In The Foot By Ceasing ICBM Motor Output, Analyst Asserts In Briefing Paper
- European Space Policy Leaders Urge Coordination Of Space Programs With Defense Needs
- Russia Won’t Permit Weapons Inspectors To Tour Its Missile Bases: Report
- North Korea Forces Out U.N. Weapons Inspector; Seals Removed From Reactor
- NASA Launch Schedule
- Sea Launch Lofts Space Systems/Loral Satellite On Zenit-3SL Rocket
- Sea Launch Posed For Wednesday Launch Of Intelsat Galaxy 19 Satellite
- Minotaur II Launches To Support Near-Field Infrared Experiment
- Kinetic Energy Interceptor Test Success Resolves Problems With Nozzles, Rocket Motor Pressure Spike
- NASA Delays Launches Of Space Shuttles By Four Days Each, Because Hurricane Ike Forced Johnson Space Center To Close
- SpaceX Finally Launches Falcon 1, Rocket Soars To Orbit On Fourth Try
- Missile Defense Needed Even More As Enemy Capabilities, Threats, Actions Pose Daunting Challenge: MDAA
- Missile-Sensing Satellite Detects, Tracks Target Missile In Test
- Japan Set For Aegis/SM-3 Test In Week Of Nov. 17: Report
- Financial Bailout Package Will Tighten Finances Further On Missile Defense Programs, NASA
- NASA Astronauts Won’t Be Grounded; They Will Ride Russian Spaceships For Half A Decade Until Orion Flies
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Homeland Security
Minotaur II Launches To Support Near-Field Infrared Experiment
A Minotaur II rocket launched to support the Missile Defense Agency Near-Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE), Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] announced. That launch for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems […]
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Homeland Security
Bush Administration Seen Blocking Arms Packages For Taiwan, So Next U.S. President To Decide Issue
President Bush is failing to provide action required to facilitate provision of new arms to Taiwan, a military analyst said. Therefore, a White House decision on the issue likely may […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Posed For Wednesday Launch Of Intelsat Galaxy 19 Satellite
Sea Launch is poised to launch the Intelsat Galaxy 19 satellite on Wednesday, Sea Launch announced. A 72-hour countdown is underway at the launch site. All systems and personnel are […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Lofts Space Systems/Loral Satellite On Zenit-3SL Rocket
A Galaxy 19 satellite for Intelsat was lofted to orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket that lifted off the Sea Launch Odyssey platform at the Equator, Space Systems/Loral, the satellite provider, […]
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SpaceNASA Launch Schedule
Updated — September 26 – 9:20 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle: […]
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CongressObama Says United States Mustn’t Tolerate A Nuclear-Armed Iran, Since That Would Threaten Israel; He Terms Iranian Guard Terrorists
But Obama, McCain Call For Still-More Economic Sanctions On Iran, Without Specifically Calling For European Missile Defense System McCain Vows To Be Tough On Contractors; Boasts He Already Saved Money […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Forces Out U.N. Weapons Inspector; Seals Removed From Reactor
North Korea ousted a United Nations weapons inspector from its plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon, and vowed to restart its nuclear production program, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. While North Korea […]
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InternationalNASA Reaches Age 50 On Wednesday, As China Performs Its First Spacewalk
NASA reaches its 50th anniversary Wednesday, a celebration dampened by the fact that the agency is strapped for funds and facing years of depending on arch-rival Russia to transport American […]