Space

NASA will name a new node on the International Space Station "Tranquility," the space agency announced. That wasn’t the most-suggested name offered by the public in a poll, but Tranquility […]

As President Obama and Congress prepare to decide future funding levels for NASA, a study released today suggests cutting space spending could make an already staggering U.S. economy even weaker. […]

A special high definition feed from NASA TV on Earth Day, Wednesday, will feature views of Earth captured by cameras aboard the International Space Station. The space station and its […]

After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of ‘Sovereignty’ […]

NASA’s Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth. The new first light images show the mission’s […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to […]

A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze […]

NASA is testing a shock absorber system for use on the next-generation U.S. spacecraft, Orion, at the NASA Langley Research Center, Va. Shock absorbers are needed because Orion will be […]

Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin will take a faculty post with the University of Alabama at Huntsville, according to news reports. Huntsville is a major rocket and space area, including […]