Space
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SpaceAstronauts Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
Astronauts Robert D. Cabana and Bryan D. O’Connor, along with former astronauts John E. Blaha and Loren J. Shriver, are being inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame. They will […]
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Business/FinancialGEO-1 Satellite For SBIRS System Passes Milestone On Way To Launch Set For Sometime Late Next Year
Satellite To Provide New Missile-Launch Warning As China, Iran, North Korea, Increase Missile Capabilities The GEO-1 satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) system passed a comprehensive baseline integrated test […]
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Business/Financial
Moog Acquires Engineering Firm
Moog [MOG.A] on Friday said it has acquired CSA Engineering, Inc., a small engineering firm that specializes in the design and supply of systems for vibration suppression, precision motion control […]
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Business/Financial
Polar Satellite Dies After A Dozen Years In Operation
The Polar satellite that studied radiation and particles from the sun above the Earth died. In operation for a dozen years, the satellite was part of the NASA Global Geospace […]
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Space
Democrats On House Panel Assail Obering, Missile Defense; Chairman Sees More Hearings, Plus A Report, Possible
Ranking Republican Says Anti-BMD Hearing ‘A Fraud’ Obering Asks, If An Enemy Launches A Missile From An Unmarked Ship, How Could U.S. Forces Retaliate? Democratic legislators lacerated and lambasted the […]
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InternationalRussian Soyuz Woes May Have Substantial Repercussions: Relying On U.S. Space Shuttles, Leaving Space Station Unmanned, Among Possibilities; But First, NASA Awaits Russian Findings
NASA Sees Russian Review Panel Working Well To Discover Cause Of Soyuz Spaceship Plunging Descent, Separation Failure; Korean, Russian Suffer Back Injuries In Hard Soyuz Landing Glitches plaguing two consecutive […]
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Space
Senate Panel Cuts $45 Million Each From ABL, KEI, $50 Million Each From STSS, Multiple Kill Vehicle, And All $10 Million Sought For Space Test-bed
Panel Adds $350 Million To Transformational Satellite, $100 Million To Aegis, $115 Million To THAAD, And An Extra $28 Million To Short-Range BMD Bill Adds $30 Million For Follow-On To […]
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International
Expert Says North Koreans Showed Him Plutonium; He Says Regime Likely Has "A Few’ Nuclear Bombs, And Fuel To Make Six To Eight More Weapons
Analyst Asks Why Negotiate With A Nation That Cheats The good news is that North Korea is moving to disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, and it is open about its […]
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CongressMissile Defense Programs Little Mentioned As Critics Assail Pentagon Procurement Programs
Missile and missile defense programs were little mentioned during a lengthy congressional hearing where some major defense procurement programs were flailed for being over budget, under performance goals and behind […]
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Space
Report: Russian Nuclear Missile Submarine Patrols Down, But Russia Still Wields 5,200 Nuclear Warheads
Russian Subs Now Carry About 20 Percent Of Russian Warheads, But New Gear Might Mean That Will Rise To 30 Percent Of Nukes New Chinese Nuclear Submarine Photographed At Pier […]