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SpaceSpace Station Astronauts Execute Spacewalk Today
Crew Will Sleuth Possible Cause Of Soyuz Reentry Woes International Space Station crew members will perform a spacewalk beginning at roughly 7:15 p.m. ET this evening. The Expedition 18 crew […]
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Business/Financial2008 Saw Major Advances In Space, Missile Defense, But 2009 May See Reversals In Obama Budget Choices
The year 2008 will be remembered as a time of glittering advances in space and missile defense programs, a time of bright horizons and goals fulfilled. But 2009 at this […]
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Air Force2008 Global Space Spending At Record $62 Billion, European Estimate Sees 610 Government Satellites Launching In Next Decade For More Strong Outlays
Global space spending hit a record $62 billion this year and will rise 4.5 percent annually to reach $70 billion in 2012, a European firm estimates. The report predicts outlays […]
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Business/Financial
Chairman Gordon Opposes Canceling Constellation Program, Says Any Other Spacecraft System Would Be ‘More Costly’
Future Of Constellation Program An Immediate Issue For President-Elect Obama To Decide: Gordon Russians Charge NASA High Price For Further Soyuz Flights, But Gordon Says Extra Shuttle Flights Would Cost […]
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Space
NASA Seeks Suggestions On Displaying Retired Space Shuttles
NASA is looking ahead to the day in 2010 when the space shuttle fleet retires and the three orbiter vehicles — Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour — never fly again. But […]
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CongressChairman Gordon Praises Griffin, Urges Obama Team To Consider Retaining NASA Administrator In His Post
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is honest and outspoken, and knows what he is doing in leading the space agency, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House Science and Technology […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Gains Up To $3.3 Billion Patriot Order For UAE
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Protests $1.09 Billion GOES-R Contract Award Given To Rival Lockheed
For Boeing, This Is Second Recent Protest Of A Major Contract Award, After Boeing Successfully Protested Tanker Plane Contract The Boeing Co. [BA], having won an earlier protest this year […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Inks Deal For Ad Astra Rocket Co. To Develop Plasma-Based Space Transport
A Texas company may provide NASA with a new kind of propulsion system that could be attached to the International Space Station, and someday might power spacecraft through the solar […]
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Business/Financial
Iranian, North Korean, Nuclear Programs Pose Proliferation Threat, But U.S. Missile Defense Shield Could Limit Danger, Attacks: Commission
Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the […]