Space

Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]

Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, […]

The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]

Iran, as it continues to produce nuclear materials that might be used to assemble nuclear weapons, threatens to end Israel’s singular role as a nuclear-armed nation in the region, a […]

By Emelie Rutherford A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief’s office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua […]

NASA Awards Lunar Spacesuit Contract Worth Up To $745.9 Million NASA last week gave Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston a contract worth up to $745.9 million to design, develop and […]

The Army is moving to orbit small satellites on an experimental basis, Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, commanding general of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said. He spoke before […]

A new Smithsonian Institution Air and Space Museum exhibit features a model home – for moon dwellers. It also gives people a chance to participate in planning a notional voyage […]

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 […]

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 […]