Space

European Missile Defense Wouldn’t Work Against Iranian Missiles, Report Asserts; Its Authors Include Missile Defense Critics Lt. Gen. O’Reilly Rejects Anti-European Missile Defense Report As Based On Incorrect Assumptions, ‘Not […]

In Return, Kazakhstan Orders Two EADS Astrium Satellites Providing yet another example of the globalization and rising competition in the space industry, Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic and […]

Concern Voiced In Hearings An array of Department of Defense space procurement programs suffers multiple problems, including soaring costs, lengthy delays and increased risks, with some satellite systems now having […]

Contrary to recent reports, the Global Positioning System (GPS) isn’t on the verge of a failure that would leave confused motorists groping for that paper thing called a map. Air […]

VIIRS Thermal Vacuum Tests Among Advances NASA Gives Northrop CERES Sensor Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed the initial step toward the critical design review (CDR) for the National Polar-orbiting […]

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will launch next week with three space travelers — a Russian, a Japanese and a Canadian — who will initiate the first six-person crew aboard the […]

Arianespace launched the Herschel-Planck satellites atop an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket, rising from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America. That liftoff came after two postponements. The two […]

Updated — May 15, 2009 – 11:40 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 13 + Mission: STS-127 […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] is moving its Missile Defense Systems (MDS) division headquarters from Arlington, Va., to Huntsville, Ala. Initially, Boeing will shift division management and support functions, such as […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] has brought Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] into its team for the Army Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program. Northrop joins others in the IBCS team including Raytheon, […]