Space

By Emelie Rutherford NASA officials steering the cash-strapped Constellation program hailed the developmental Orion crew capsule’s passing of a major review this week and maintained plans are on track for […]

A satellite launched by South Korea’s first space rocket is thought to have burnt up in the Earth’s atmosphere after missing its designated orbit, according to AFP Wednesday. Seoul vowed […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Wednesday announced that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by […]

Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off Aug. 28 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on a 13-day mission to deliver more than seven tons of supplies, science racks and environmental hardware to […]

NASA’s next generation of a manned-spacecraft made a stop at Holloman AFB, N.M., on its way to White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. where launch abort tests will be performed, […]

By Marina Malenic PROMONTORY, Utah–As uncertainty over the future of its ambitious Constellation program grows, NASA Thursday aborted a horizontal ground-firing test of a key program element–the first stage of […]

By Emelie Rutherford A blue-ribbon panel’s final report to President Obama on NASA’s future, which casts doubt on the viability of the Constellation program, will not be released quite as […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Boeing [BA] and its industry teammates on Aug. 18 successfully fired the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, “the first light in flight,” […]

As the Pentagon begins shifting the focus of its missile defenses portfolio from long-range to theater threats, industry teams are eagerly awaiting the results of a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) […]

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Space Systems Co. recently announced employment reductions of about 800 aimed at “right-sizing” the company and improving its competitive posture. Space Systems will implement a broad-based workforce […]