Space
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Business/FinancialObama’s Missile Defense Cuts Prevail In Both Senate Armed Services Panel, And In Entire House
Funding Restoration Amendments Are Rejected Even More Cuts May Gouge Missile Defense Programs In Future Years, Lawmaker Warns Both the entire House and a key Senate panel backed President Obama’s […]
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Business/Financial
Space Tracking And Surveillance System Satellite Delivered To Canaveral For Launch Prep
The first Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for launch preparation, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. "This delivery is a significant […]
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SpaceIt Could — And May — Get Worse: Rep. Lamborn Sees Even More Cuts Looming In Missile Defense Programs
Each Year May Bring Further Reductions In Missile Defense Funding Support, Lamborn Predicts While proponents of missile defense programs have expressed dismay at budget cuts now hitting those defensive shields, […]
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Space
Ocean May Hide Within Saturnian Moon; Salt Provides Clue For Cassini Mission
Salt may signal that an underground ocean lurks inside a moon circling Saturn, according to NASA. The Cassini spacecraft discovered sodium, or salt, for the first time in grains of […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Defense Authorization Bill Leaves European Missile Defense Program With No Construction Funds, Chairman Levin Says
But Defense Measure Also Encourages Talks With Russians Over Possible Joint Radar The pending Senate defense authorization bill leaves the European Missile Defense (EMD) program with just $51 million for […]
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InternationalNASA Seeks Input On Cataloguing Documents Of Wernher Von Braun
NASA requested suggestions on how to organize documents from from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system. The space agency would welcome thoughts from […]
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Space
Two NASA Lunar Spacecraft Operating Well, Poised For Moon-Mapping And Lunar-Crash Missions; Search For Frozen Water On Course
Lunar Impacts Set For Oct. 9 Two NASA spacecraft are healthy and ramping up their systems, poised for pioneering lunar missions that will net key information for future manned U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
Senate Appropriators Excoriate NPOESS, Voice ‘Lack Of Confidence’ In Program Management, But Provide Full Funding
Obama Administration Isn’t Seizing Control Of NPOESS To Fix Problems, Lawmakers Say The Senate Appropriations Committee expressed exasperation with the long-troubled National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, or NPOESS, but […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy But Says It Wishes To Continue Operating
Sea Launch, the company that provided a mid-ocean launch pad, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but said it wishes to continue operations. The filing came after the company had […]
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Business/Financial
Iranian Leader Disparages Obama, Compares Him To Bush; Ahmadinejad Demands Obama Apologize To Iran
Obama Is Appalled At Iran Mistreating, Killing Protesters Who Allege Vote Fraud Chances Dim For Major Reduction In Iranian Missile-Nuclear Threat That Could Justify Abandoning European Missile Defense President Obama’s […]