Space

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) Astrium recently announced a contract for a SpaceX Falcon 1e to launch an Earth observation satellite designed by […]

Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 8 said it was recently awarded a $151 million contract by the U.S. Navy’s NATO SeaSparrow program office to produce 186 Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles, with an option […]

By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK], the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force successfully launched and scored a direct hit on a simulated enemy air defense target during the final […]

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 […]

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 […]