Space
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SpaceFlight Directors Named At Johnson Space Center
NASA selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out space shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join […]
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Business/FinancialDon’t Worry About Missile Defense Cuts Because They Don’t ‘Gut’ BMD Programs, Analyst Argues
Proponents of a dependable U.S. missile defense system of systems shouldn’t worry about the $1.2 billion of cuts to missile defense programs that President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert […]
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Space
Carlson Named To NRO Post
Retired Air Force Gen. Bruce Carlson was named director of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Aerospace Industries Association praised the move as "an important step in establishing the leadership our […]
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Business/Financial
Group Proposes A Dozen Ways To Prevent Iran Making Nuclear Weapons Without Going To War
There are a dozen ways to pressure Iran into dropping its rush to develop nuclear arms, short of using military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, The Israel Project, a pro-Israel […]
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InternationalESA Extends Envisat Earth-Scanning Satellite Mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) extended the Envisat Earth-scanning satellite mission to 2013, ESA announced. That satellite beams down data it has gathered since its launch in 2002. Envisat, short […]
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Business/Financial
After NASA Is Grounded As Shuttles Retire, Russian Soyuz Flights To Transport American Astronauts Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers $306 Million
The United States will pay Russia $306 million to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station and back. That taxi service will be needed after NASA loses the ability […]
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International
Europe Begins Testing Urine/Feces/Air Recycling Machine, After United States Has Similar System Up And Working Aboard International Space Station, Serving Crew Of Six
The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing technologies that it hopes one day could result in a machine to convert human feces and urine, and exhaled carbon dioxide, into usable […]
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Business/Financial
Augustine Committee Opens Website
The committee President Obama ordered to review NASA space hardware procurement plans has opened a Web site. NASA is inviting the public to make its voice heard as the panel […]
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International
Plank Satellite Conducts Midcourse Correction
The European Space Agency (ESA) Planck satellite conducted a critical mid-course correction to place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the […]
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Business/Financial
Document Setting The Task For Augustine Committee In Its Review Of NASA Hardware
Below is the document setting forth what a committee reviewing NASA space exploration programs must do, including its review of what hardware shall be procured for manned space missions. The […]