Space

Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III, who was director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) until his November retirement, has joined the Schaefer Corp. board of […]

The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said. […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) certified the GeoEye-1 satellite for meeting standards, GeoEye Inc. announced. That satellite now provides sub-half-meter ground resolution satellite imagery to NGA. This means GeoEye-1 is […]

Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent […]

The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III has rolled up a combined 200 years on orbit, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That’s the longest total operational experience of any U.S. […]

An Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] Taurus XL rocket is poised for liftoff tomorrow, when it will launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a NASA satellite to study just where increasing […]

The last new section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, prior to the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket soaring on its first flight sometime […]

NASA is set to launch its Kepler telescope spacecraft atop a Delta II rocket at 10:48 p.m. ET March 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to begin a […]

More Work Required To Review Data, Perform Tests, Before Experts Will Be Comfortable With Flight Safety Another Flight Readiness Review May Be Held; No Liftoff Seen During March 13-April 6; […]