Space

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA made history Oct. 20 as the Ares I-X rocket rolled to the launch pad, marking the first time in more than 25 years a new […]

Adding to the Atlas rocket program’s accomplished five-decade legacy, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V successfully launched the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission from […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week said the Navy conducted successful test flights Sept. 3 and 4 of two Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs). The Navy launched the unarmed […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said recently that it successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine-engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The firings took place at […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is set to pass a NASA spending bill this week that nearly matches the White House’s request for space exploration, just as a growing chorus […]

Alliant Techsystems [ATK], the prime contractor for the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle, along with NASA, the Army, and United Space Alliance (USA), successfully conducted the third […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate considered a NASA spending bill Oct. 5 with more exploration monies than a House version that would delay funding until a blue-ribbon panel offers manned-spaceflight […]

GenCorp‘s Aerojet [GY] and the Air Force successfully conducted a full-scale, full-duration static test of Aerojet’s Advanced Second Stage (A2S) motor achieving all test objectives, the company said. Aerojet developed […]

Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] completed a series of captive carry flight tests of a form-factored tri-mode seeker for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition. “The test series demonstrated that Raytheon’s […]

MBDA Oct 6. said it successfully demonstrated a Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni rocket against a moving target at the Navy’s test facilities at China Lake, Calif. This firing comes after […]