Space
-
CongressChairman Gordon Praises Griffin, Urges Obama Team To Consider Retaining NASA Administrator In His Post
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is honest and outspoken, and knows what he is doing in leading the space agency, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House Science and Technology […]
-
Business/FinancialRaytheon Gains Up To $3.3 Billion Patriot Order For UAE
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
-
Business/Financial
Boeing Protests $1.09 Billion GOES-R Contract Award Given To Rival Lockheed
For Boeing, This Is Second Recent Protest Of A Major Contract Award, After Boeing Successfully Protested Tanker Plane Contract The Boeing Co. [BA], having won an earlier protest this year […]
-
Business/Financial
NASA Inks Deal For Ad Astra Rocket Co. To Develop Plasma-Based Space Transport
A Texas company may provide NASA with a new kind of propulsion system that could be attached to the International Space Station, and someday might power spacecraft through the solar […]
-
Business/Financial
Iranian, North Korean, Nuclear Programs Pose Proliferation Threat, But U.S. Missile Defense Shield Could Limit Danger, Attacks: Commission
Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the […]
-
Business/Financial
NASA Sets Contract Announcement For Commercial Spacecraft Flights To International Space Station
NASA tomorrow will make a live-broadcast announcement on a contract for commercial private space flights that would use a crewed spacecraft on transport missions to and from the International Space […]
-
Homeland Security
China May Have Launched Prototype Of A Maneuvering Space-Based Anti-Satellite Weapon System: Report
China, in a recent manned mission, may have released a microsatellite to serve as a prototype of a space-based anti-satellite weapon, a new report states. Not long after its release, […]
-
Business/Financial
NASA Calls for Comment on Draft Altair Request for Proposals
NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for designing the Altair lunar lander vehicle. Altair would ride to the moon with the Orion space capsule. The Constellation Program […]
-
Congress
China Seen Beating United States In Manned Mission To The Moon
When U.S. astronauts next set foot on the moon, they likely will be following Chinese taikonauts there, an aerospace leader predicted. Marion Blakey, the Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO, […]
-
Business/Financial
Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter Sensor Activated, Raytheon Says
A water-detecting sensor on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter launched by India has been activated successfully, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation told Raytheon the sensor […]