Space

Some analysts and observers, who assert that certain especially dangerous military actors in Iran don’t really represent government views and motives, are dead wrong, a new paper states. In fact, […]

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft will launch Oct. 19 from Kwajalein Atoll on a mission to study the heliopause boundary between the solar system and open galactic space, […]

Space Shuttle Discovery may take the place of Space Shuttle Endeavour in performing standby life-guard duty when Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis was […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and European companies have now set the launch of the GOCE satellite for Oct. 27, ESA announced. On Sept. 7, preparations for launch of GOCE […]

Updated — September 29 – 2:20 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle: […]

NASA Gives Boeing $650 Million Contract Change For Space Station Support NASA awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue engineering support of the […]

Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported. Rosoboronexport is working under a deal with India reached when the Russian defense minister visited […]

Palin Says Iranian Leader ‘Not Sane,’ And Iranian Nuclear Weapons Would Threaten The Existence Of Israel The two rival vice presidential candidates agreed in a debate that Iran would be […]

The Messenger spacecraft today will fly by Mercury on a photography mission, the second of three flybys of the planet closest to the sun, NASA announced. Messenger will photograph most […]

NASA, in moving to save money by retiring the space shuttle fleet, will encounter hidden costs and problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to congressional committees. The U.S. space […]