Space

President Poised To Whack $40 Billion From Defense Procurement Programs President Obama flailed defense procurement programs afflicted by soaring costs, and said it is time for defense acquisition reform, echoing […]

NASA will fly each space shuttle mission only when it’s ready to fly safely, an approach that dovetails with a pending congressional plan saying the space shuttle fleet doesn’t necessarily […]

Boeing Briefs On Satellites, Missile Defense, Others Northrop, NASA Detail LCROSS The world space economy increased by almost 2.5 percent, or $6 billion, to $257 billion last year, amidst the […]

The Aegis weapon control system and Standard Missile interceptors took down two missiles simultaneously, in an exercise called Stellar Daggers. Interceptors from the USS Benfold (DDG 65) took out a […]

Two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Lockheed makes HIMARS, while AMRAAM was a product of Hughes […]

Five mini satellites will be developed at the University of Florida aided by $450,000 contributed this year by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the company announced. The satellites will investigate technological […]

Updated — March 28, 2009 – 12:25 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 15 Mission: STS-119 Launch […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] may receive a $400 million-to-$550 million order from Intelsat Ltd., which would have the Chicago firm build up to four satellites, The Wall Street Journal reported. […]

Panel Writes Measure That Asserts United States Sill Committee To NATO The Czech Republic government fell, creating uncertainty as to the future of the European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Last […]

The public today can view a mockup of the next-generation U.S. spacecraft, the Orion space capsule, in front of the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum on the National […]