Space

A long-time critic of the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system endorsed President Obama’s offer to discuss the EMD with Russians who vociferously oppose it. Theodore Postol, an MIT professor […]

GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]

A USA Today story this morning asserted that the European Missile Defense (EMD) system would cost $9 billion to $13 billion and might not work, a report likely to be […]

GREENBELT, Md. – Any changes that President Obama may make in the U.S. space program should be made swiftly, to reduce anxiety and uncertainty caused by rumors churning throughout industry, […]

NASA test-fired the igniter used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor, the agency announced. The test paves the way for the initial ground test of the Ares […]

Research on the International Space Station (ISS) has discovered ways to lessen virulence of a common food poisoning disease organism, NASA announced. The organism that can cause food poisoning in […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said it shipped a sensor that will study aerosols and their effects on Earth climate, the company announced. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will be integrated with NASA’s […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is disbanding the Space Enterprise Council that it fostered more than eight years ago. No public press release announcement of the switch was made by […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Army will cooperate on processing sensor data for missile defense and space situational awareness, the company announced. They launched a joint research-and-development effort to […]

International Launch Services (ILS) will orbit the AsiaSat 5 satellite in the July-September quarter, ILS announced. Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a contract with ILS to launch the […]