Space
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SpaceStand To Permit Testing Orion Space Capsule Emergency Abort Motor
A test stand is ready for firing the launch abort system motor that will be mounted on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the next-generation U.S. space capsule, according to NASA […]
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Space
ATK Launch Systems and Space Systems Merging
Two units of Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] will merge, the company announced. The Launch Systems and Space Systems groups are combining into a single business unit, the company stated. They […]
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Space
AEHF Satellite Program Progresses
The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite saw its spacecraft core structure mated with the payload module, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. AEHF will provide global, highly […]
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Space
NASA Robotic Vehicles Zip Around Moon-Like Landscape On Earth
Unmanned vehicles this month zipped around a lunar-style landscape, but it was on Earth, where they had to fight 16 times the force of gravity that they would encounter on […]
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Business/FinancialATK Combining Launch Systems, Space Systems Groups
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] said this week it is combining its Launch Systems and Space Systems Groups to put all of its space business under a single management structure and will […]
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Business/Financial
How Contractors Can Win Work From Space Agency: NASA Seeks Visionary Space Innovators To Brainstorm Future Homes, Offices, Vehicles, Roads To Be Built On Moon
Contractors, Others, Are Briefed On Requirements To Create A Lunar Community; What The Stylish Spacewalker Will Wear For A Stroll Through Town Designing Habitat Is Challenging: How To Supply Air […]
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Homeland SecuritySuccessful Aegis System Test Opens Door To New Capability; Will Aegis Compete With Ground-Based Midcourse System?
A successful test last week of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system and its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptor opens the door to new capabilities and missions for the […]
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Business/Financial
Sen. Levin Cites NPOESS As Example Of Problem Program, Over Budget And Behind Schedule; Young Says All Original Capabilities Ultimately May Not Be Orbited
Senate Panel Blasts $295 Billion Of Cost Overruns In Pentagon Programs; That Equals More Than 16 Times NASA Budget, About 30 Times More Than MDA Budget The National Polar-orbiting Operational […]
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Business/Financial
House Panel Backs NASA Reauthorization Measure With Few Changes, Sends It To House Floor
The House Science and Technology Committee favorably reported out the NASA reauthorization measure that would permit increased funding for the space agency and accelerate the first flight of the next-generation […]
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CongressAcademics: United States Should Agree To Ban Space Weapons; A System To Defend U.S. Satellites And Space Assets Would Be Technologically Unfeasible And Too
The United States should agree to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space and the use of anti-satellite weapons, because erecting a military shield to defend satellites would be […]