Space
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Business/FinancialPayload Added To Loral Launch
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will add a government payload to Sirius 5, a satellite for SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (Luxembourg Stock Exchange:SESG), currently under construction at the spacecraft manufacturing facility in California. […]
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Another Missile Defense Success: THAAD Kills Target Missile
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile defense system scored another successful hit against a target missile, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That successful hit was scored […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — March 6, 2009 – 12:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 Mission: Kepler Launch […]
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Government Gambles Johnson Space Center Won’t Be Hit By Big Storm — Hurricane Rita Repairs Funded, But Preventive Work Unfunded
Uncertainty Plagues Johnson Workforce As Key NASA Posts Go Unfilled For Months The federal government is betting that a huge storm won’t hit Johnson Space Center head-on, deciding to pay […]
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Space Tourist Simonyi To Launch Thursday On Soyuz For Record-Setting Second Space Tourist Flight To Station
Charles Simonyi will launch Thursday on a Soyuz space vehicle, becoming the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station twice. He is the seventh tourist whose voyage was […]
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Space Junk Narrowly Misses Space Station As Crew Members Take Shelter In Soyuz; Incident Demonstrates Rising Space Junk Threat
A piece of space junk hurtling through the void narrowly missed hitting and depressurizing the $100 billion International Space Station, forcing station crew members to take brief shelter in a […]
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Missile Defense Critic Lauds Obama Offer To Discuss Missile Defense
A long-time critic of the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system endorsed President Obama’s offer to discuss the EMD with Russians who vociferously oppose it. Theodore Postol, an MIT professor […]
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CongressIn Tight-Money Times, Leaders At NASA Centers Find Ways To Cope
GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]
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Story Assails European Missile Defense Plan, Quotes Long-Time Foes Of Missile Shield
A USA Today story this morning asserted that the European Missile Defense (EMD) system would cost $9 billion to $13 billion and might not work, a report likely to be […]
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NASA Contractors Cope With Increasing Shortage Of Employees And Prospective Hires
GREENBELT, Md. – Any changes that President Obama may make in the U.S. space program should be made swiftly, to reduce anxiety and uncertainty caused by rumors churning throughout industry, […]