Space

The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS)launched from Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., this morning. That test had been set for Saturday, but was delayed to today because of […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered two launch abort system (LAS) motors for the Orion crew exploration vehicle to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. They are set for integration and preparation […]

Augustine Says Committee Will Review Study, But It Is Just Another Piece Of Information A study shows that abandoning the Ares I rocket development program and replacing it with a […]

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O, or GOES-O, will launch Friday in a window of 6:14 p.m. to 7:14 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GOES-O is the […]

Nelson Says Augustine Committee Has Overwhelming Power And Influence To Decide Future Of NASA Space Program The panel that President Obama formed to evaluate NASA space exploration programs has enormous […]

An AIM-9X Sidewinder missile successfully hit a target unmanned aerial vehicle in a test, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed […]

Members Of Congress Dismayed, Worried The Obama administration has backed away from placing the European Missile Defense (EMD) system in the Czech Republic (radar) and Poland (interceptors in ground silos), […]

An Atlas V solid rocket motor passed a burst test, a contractor reported. The burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case was conducted […]

Reps. Turner, Franks Assail Cuts As Harmful To U.S. National Security In a challenge to President Obama, some members of Congress will attempt to roll back at least some of […]

A Raytheon Co. [RTN] product, the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE), could substitute for missile defense systems that President Obama has marked for extinction or severe downsizing, an analyst […]