Space
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SpaceNASA TV To Provide High Definition Views From Space Station On Earth Day
A special high definition feed from NASA TV on Earth Day, Wednesday, will feature views of Earth captured by cameras aboard the International Space Station. The space station and its […]
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CongressNorth Korea To Rebuild Reactor, Produce More Plutonium; U.N. Nuke Inspectors Ousted At Yongbyon
After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of ‘Sovereignty’ […]
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Space
Kepler Space Telescope Views Milky Way Area Ripe For Seeking Earth-Like Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth. The new first light images show the mission’s […]
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Congress
Gates Refused Permission To Use High-Powered Radar To Track Illicit North Korean Missile Flight Over Japan
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean […]
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Business/FinancialGates Asserts His Budget Plan Doesn’t Kill Airborne Laser, Ground-based Midcourse Defense System By Barring Further Purchases
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Backers Open Lobbying Fight To Rescue Imperiled Missile Defense Programs
A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze […]
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Space
NASA Langley Center Tests Shock Absorbers On Orion Spacecraft Seats To Lessen Impact Of Slamming Down In Return To Earth
NASA is testing a shock absorber system for use on the next-generation U.S. spacecraft, Orion, at the NASA Langley Research Center, Va. Shock absorbers are needed because Orion will be […]
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Space
Griffin To Take Faculty Job With University of Alabama at Huntsville
Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin will take a faculty post with the University of Alabama at Huntsville, according to news reports. Huntsville is a major rocket and space area, including […]
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Business/Financial
Under Way On Electrical Power: Ion Engines To Power Spacecraft
The European GOCE spacecraft will use electric engines to provide critical thrust needed to keep it from toppling out of orbit and plunging to Earth. Those T5 ion thrusters are […]
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Business/Financial
Stolarik Takes Major Post At QinetiQ North America
Mike Stolarik is the new president and CEO of QinetiQ North America, a subsidiary of the British firm that provides IT and engineering. He succeeds Rob Topping who is moving […]