Space
-
SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — December 4, 2008 – 4 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch […]
-
Space
Iran To Have Operational ICBM Within A Couple Of Years: Analyst
Missile Defense System Needed Urgently Iran will have an operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) “in a couple of years,” an analyst predicted, while noting that Iran also is working toward […]
-
Homeland Security
Insurgents Have Scores Of Surface-To-Air Missiles
Terrorist insurgents in Iraq have scores of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), a new report shows. In more than two years since October 2006, at least 121 SAMs have been discovered in […]
-
CongressTauscher Sees ‘Increasing Danger’ From A Nuclear Iran, Recommends Talks, Inspections, Nuclear Fuel Controls, But Makes No Mention Of Ballistic Missile Defense
A key member of Congress said that an imminent move by Iran to possess nuclear weapons poses "increasing danger" to the United States, but didn’t mention deploying missile defense systems […]
-
Homeland Security
Iran Fires ‘Sea-To-Sea’ Missile In Exercises
The Iranian navy launched a medium-range "sea-to-sea" missile during naval exercises in the Sea of Oman, according to Iranian state radio. That Nasr-2 (Victory-2) weapon was launched from a battleship […]
-
Congress
Weapons Of Mass Destruction Pose Increasing Terrorist Risk To Nation
There is more than a 50 percent chance that an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) will be perpetrated by the end of 2013, a threat emanating from […]
-
Space
Shana Dale Resigns As NASA Deputy Administrator;
NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale resigned from NASA effective Jan. 17, three days before President Bush leaves office and Barack Obama enters the White House. She has served as NASA’s […]
-
Congress
NASA Begins Buying Russian Soyuz Transport Services To Replace American Space Shuttles, During Years When NASA Can’t Reach Space
Much Larger, Further Contracts Will Be Required To Buy Russian Flights Until Orion Flies In 2015 NASA took a first step into a world even its administrator doesn’t embrace, inking […]
-
Space
NASA Names Crew Members For Space Shuttle Missions STS-130, STS-131
NASA assigned crews for space shuttle missions STS-130 and STS-131. The STS-130 mission will deliver a third connecting module to the International Space Station and a seven-windowed cupola to be […]
-
Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Gains $1.09 Billion GOES-R Weather Satellite Contract
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1.09 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] to produce Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R), NASA announced. Lockheed Martin […]