Space

Congress should counter veto threats from a stingy President Bush by passing a continuing budget resolution freezing NASA funding for half a year, and then pass a budget with spending […]

President Bush is lifting sanctions on North Korea, even though he remains "deeply concerned" about the rogue nation as a bad actor. But some observers asked why a treacherous nation […]

Chinese Missiles Threaten U.S. Navy Ships U.S. Fails To Match Chinese Arms Buildup: Witness The immense Chinese military buildup continues to run at a breakneck pace, and it is difficult […]

Backup Pad 39-B Found To Have Similar Deterioration, But Repairs Not Slated To Be Performed There: Briefers Damage to a flame trench at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center […]

Lunar Craft Undergoes Checkout Prior To Mission A NASA spacecraft that will hit the moon has entered its final checkout phase, the space agency announced. The Lunar Crater Observation and […]

L-3 Communications Gains $49 Million For Astronaut Training L-3 Communications [LLL] received a five-year, $49 million cost plus fixed fee contract from Johnson Space Center (JSC) to provide space systems […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] completed a key satellite payload trade study with Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], the prime contractor for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), Raytheon announced. Results of […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander, a miner for a heart of ice, has found what researchers say they are sure is frozen water on the fourth planet from the sun. Phoenix […]

The Air Force completed an early on-orbit checkout of the second space based infrared systems (SBIRS) sensor. That craft is in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) over the northern hemisphere. […]

OSTM/Jason-2 Satellite Launched To Examine Ocean Surfaces The OSTM/Jason-2 satellite was launched atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., into an orbit where the spacecraft will […]