Space

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme engineers successfully fired a test launch of the new production configuration of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) from the Navy Self Defense […]

NASA at 8 p.m. ET tonight will launch a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in […]

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system (TDRS) K-L program completed its system-level preliminary design review, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing is moving toward integrations of the TDRS K […]

An Arrow II missile defense interceptor shot down a target ballistic missile in a test of the Israeli national missile defense system, making Israeli officials hopeful the successful hit will […]

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and contractor employees were given MDA awards for their performance in helping develop the Airborne Laser missile defense system. ABL is being created by The Boeing […]

The Zefiro 9A third stage rocket motor fired successfully, providing a new small launch vehicle for Europe. That final qualification test firing of the third stage took place at the […]

Three astronauts were tapped for induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. The ceremony occurred at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Inducted this year are former […]

European Rocket To Rise From Spaceport In South America An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will dispense two satellites, Planck and Herschel, into orbit in a liftoff set for May […]

NASA’s Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers discovered a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than […]

International Launch Services (ILS) will launch a satellite payload IndoStar II/ProtoStar II on May 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ILS reported. The launch at 6:58 a.m. Baikonur time translates […]