Space

The RazakSAT satellite launch atop a Falcon 1 rocket has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET on July 13 or 14, Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announced. […]

Deep cuts in some missile defense programs will eliminate development of systems to kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable stage of flight trajectory, while also harming the defense industrial […]

The first fleet firings of a new-configuration Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) went well, the Navy reported. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme successfully conducted Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile […]

A frequent critic of U.S. ballistic missile defense programs said he would favor research and development of those programs, but didn’t endorse any of them as effective in taking down […]

NASA’s Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. […]

North Korea and Iran are developing more advanced missile capabilities, along with nuclear programs, even as the United States is cutting funds for missile defense programs, a missile defense expert […]

Updated — June 4, 2009 – 4 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | ** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 13 Mission: STS-127 […]

President Obama said he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh of New York, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, to be secretary of the Army. It isn’t the […]

NASA selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation’s effects on humans living in space. Those proposals came from the New York University School of Medicine in New […]

Any Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would draw retaliation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on ABC This Week. "Were Israel to suffer nuclear attack by Iran, there would be […]