Space

The TacSat-3 satellite was launched to orbit by a Minotaur I rocket, Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] announced. Liftoff was from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) launch facility at Wallops Flight […]

NASA is poised to launch two satellites next month to increase knowledge of the moon. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or […]

Updated — May 21, 2009 – 2 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 13 + Mission: STS-127 […]

This is a special issue of Space & Missile Defense Report, containing breaking news in a week filled with major events. As we do each year, we shall observe the […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] phase 1 of the $37-million Terahertz (THz) Electronics contract, the company announced. That will support military and space […]

Iran showed continued advancement in its missile development program by launching a 1,200-mile-range solid-fueled rocket, the International Herald Tribune reported. That Sejil-2 missile has sufficient range to strike Israel, or […]

International Space Station crew members on Expedition 19 drank recycled urine provided by a recycling and purifying machine, and lived to tell the tale. Recycling urine, sweat and other human […]

Need For 44 Ground-based Midcourse Interceptors Was Not Based On Sound Analysis, O’Reilly Says European Missile Defense Fiscal 2010 Budget Weak Because Legal Curbs Won’t Permit Spending More Than $51 […]

One of NASA’s two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater. The Mars rover, Opportunity, surveyed the […]

While President Obama is praiseworthy for adding funds to the NASA budget for the next fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, the space agency still is sorely underfunded, including the […]