Space
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SpaceU.S. Space Security Seen Threatened
Government and industry leaders mulled responses to rising threats to U.S. space security, and also promised to consider easing curbs on doing business with foreign countries. They spoke at a […]
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Business/FinancialRussia Selling Iran SA-20 Long-Range Air Defense Missiles, Reports Say
SA-20s Wouldn’t Threaten F-22 Raptors, But Perhaps Would Imperil F-35s, B-2s Russia is selling highly sophisticated SA-20 long-range air defense missiles to Iran, weapons that wouldn’t endanger super-stealthy F-22 Raptor […]
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Business/FinancialGriffin Contradicts Report That He Has Blocked Obama Team From Gaining Information About NASA
Report: Griffin Confronts, Lambastes An Obama Transition Team Member, Resists Requests For Information NASA Administrator Mike Griffin flatly denied as untrue a report by the Orlando Sentinel that he blistered […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour Carried Back To Kennedy On 747 Plane
Space Shuttle Endeavour, having earlier completed a 16-day mission that improved the International Space Station, finally made it back home to Kennedy Space Center, riding piggyback atop a modified Boeing […]
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Business/FinancialAriane 5 Set For Launch Dec. 20 To Orbit Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will rise Saturday, Dec. 20, from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America, to orbit two satellites, Arianespace announced. That Ariane 5 will […]
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Business/FinancialStandard Missile-2s Launched In Ship Trials, Tests
The Navy fired seven Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missiles as part of ongoing U.S. Navy shipbuilder trials and operational tests, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Four of the intercepts […]
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Business/FinancialProton Launches Ciel II Satellite
A Proton Breeze M rocket rose from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to orbit a Ciel II satellite, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. The bird was launched for the Ciel Satellite […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — December 12, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Jan. 30 * Mission: OCO […]
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CongressIran Is On Verge Of Going Nuclear, Lawmakers Say, But World Community Doesn’t Take Preventive Steps
An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of […]
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Homeland Security
Giving Hezbollah What It Demands Can Make Hezbollah A Responsible Actor, Analyst Asserts
Hezbollah can be turned into a responsible player and part of the Lebanese leadership merely by acceding to demands Hezbollah has set forth, an analyst asserted. Nicholas Noe, editor-in-chief with […]