Space

Discovery Orbiter Vehicle Looks Clean, Few Dings Seen In an intricate orbital dance, Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station and made a landing at Kennedy Space Center […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) space segment completed its critical design audit, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. NPOESS now moves toward critical design review in late April. […]

Missile Defense Critics Cite Countermeasures In Enemy Missiles, But Then Move To Cut Funds For Airborne Laser That Overcomes Countermeasures While Obama Castigates Cold War Systems That Go Unused, Franks […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is setting up a Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) to test satellites and space components before they launch, and to facilitate space vehicle component and flight […]

Shorter-Range Missiles Also May Launch North Korea as early as Saturday plans to launch a missile that it says will orbit a satellite, but which many military analysts say will […]

China says its massive military buildup is only for defensive purposes or for local wars, but its actions cast doubt on that claim, according to a new report by the […]

Even if the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system is cut deeply or canceled, the laser system may survive by finding other uses, a Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] executive said. […]

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 […]