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SpaceSpace Shuttle Undocks From Space Station; Discovery Landing Set For Wednesday; Torn Solar Array Repaired Successfully
Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to wrap up the long 15-day STS-120 mission with a landing just after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, capping a challenging spacewalk in which physician- astronaut […]
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CongressHouse-Senate Lawmakers Mull Only $85 Million Cut In European BMD
House and Senate lawmakers are considering cutting only $85 million from a $310 million funding request by President Bush for the planned European Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program, a […]
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Space
Douglass Says Some Nation Will Develop New Space Shuttle
NASA Sorely Underfunded, Needs Far More Money: Douglass U.S. preeminence in space is fading because NASA is being starved of funding it urgently requires, and that may mean some other […]
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Space
SPECIAL REPORT: Israeli Missile Affairs
Israel To Face Threat If China Sells Advanced Fighters, Missiles, To Iran Israel will face a serious new threat if China, as rumored, sells advanced long-range Chengdu J-10 fighter aircraft […]
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Space
Discovery, Atlantis Heat Tiles Found Solid So Far In Inspections
Thermal protection heat tiles on Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis have been found solid in inspections, Wayne Hale, space shuttle program manager said in a NASA briefing today. Discovery, now […]
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InternationalSPECIAL REPORT: China: The Rising Threat
Defense Secretary Gates In China To Question Chinese Military Buildup Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is in China, where he will attempt to get Chinese leaders to explain why […]
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Space
Experts: Iran Progress On Nuclear Bomb Impossible To Gauge; Bomb Design A Problem
Experts said outsiders can’t accurately assess just when a secretive Iran might develop a nuclear bomb, and also said it is unclear just when Iran might gain a workable nuclear […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Return To Flight. The Air Force last week flew a JASSM cruise missile for the first time since a […]