Space
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — April 14, 2009 – 11:11 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]
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Business/FinancialSpecial Issue: Multiple Reports Warn NASA Challenged; Space Agency Needs $4.7 Billion A Year More Than The $19.1 Billion Yearly It Has Estimated: CBO
If NASA Funding Isn’t Increased, Moon Mission Slips Three Years To 2023; First Orion Manned Mission Slips A Year To 2016; Chinese Likely Would Beat U.S. Effort To Return To […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed To Build Comms Satellite For Japanese Firm; Launch In 2013
Arianespace To Launch Satellite Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will build a communications satellite for a Japanese firm, and Arianespace will launch it into orbit. Lockheed will provide JCSAT-13 for SKY […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Needs Stable Funding, Policy, Goals; New Report Issued As Obama Prepares Next NASA Budget Proposal For Congress
NASA Safety Panel Seeks No Change In Half-Decade NASA Space Flight Gap Despite Concerns About Soyuz Safety NASA needs stability in its policy, goals and requisite funding if the largest […]
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CongressBoeing, Raytheon Gain Contract Changes To Demonstrate Free Electron Lasers
The Air Force gave contract changes worth $7 million each to The Boeing Co. [BA] and Raytheon Co. [RTN] to work on free electron lasers (FEL), expanding previously awarded fixed-fee, […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin, Scolese, Warn Against Volatile Cuts In NASA Budget; Predictability Needed; Vital To Preserve Vision For Space Goals
Griffin Says NASA Needs $3 Billion More Annually; Expresses ‘Great Concern’ Over Gap In U.S. Manned Spaceflight Capability NASA Now On ‘Proper Path’ — Griffin; New Administrator Will Need Direct […]
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Space
Space Station Node Named Tranquility, But Comedian Show Host Gets Consolation-Prize Treadmill Name
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 […]
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Space
Cutting Space Programs Could Make A Nosediving Economy Even Weaker
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. […]
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Space
NASA TV To Provide High Definition Views From Space Station On Earth Day
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 […]
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Congress
North Korea To Rebuild Reactor, Produce More Plutonium; U.N. Nuke Inspectors Ousted At Yongbyon
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’ […]