Space
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Business/FinancialReport Says Obama Offered To Kill European Missile Defense System If Russia Helps Curb Iran
Report Appeared In Russian Paper President Obama offered to kill plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) system if Russia would help the United States force Iran to abandon […]
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Business/Financial
Kepler Launch Date Slips A Day; Liftoff Now Set For Friday At Either 10:49 Or 11:13 P.M. ET
Delay Allows Time To Ensure Kepler Doesn’t Meet Fate Of Satellite Last Week The Kepler space telescope launch has been shifted to Friday night, a day later than planned, so […]
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Business/Financial
Special Fiscal 2010 Budget Issue: Obama Budget Is Stand-Pat For NASA, But Cuts Missile Defense Deeply, Damaging Programs, Harming Security
In this special fiscal 2010 budget issue, Space & Missile Defense Report describes in detail how President Obama’s federal budget outline for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, provides […]
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Business/Financial
ATACMS Launched In Stockpile Verification Test
An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile launched successfully in a recent stockpile verification test at Fort Bliss, Texas, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The missile was fired from a […]
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SpaceKepler Telescope To Launch At 10:48 P.M. ET March 5 On Hunt For Earth-Like Planets
NASA is set to launch its Kepler telescope spacecraft atop a Delta II rocket at 10:48 p.m. ET March 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to begin a […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed Yet Again, With No New Date Set For Liftoff On STS-119 Mission To Station
More Work Required To Review Data, Perform Tests, Before Experts Will Be Comfortable With Flight Safety Another Flight Readiness Review May Be Held; No Liftoff Seen During March 13-April 6; […]
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Business/Financial
SLAM-ER Launched, Scores Hit In Test
A Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) was launched to score a direct hit on a remote-controlled land-based moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The test was […]
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Air ForceAugustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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InternationalPlanck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
The European Space Agency shipped the Planck spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America, for a launch on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket April 16. That […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Funding May Be Slashed Deeply, Rep. Franks Says, Seeing $3 Billion Targeted For Cut From $9.6 Billion Program
Still-Developing Missile Defense Programs May Be Cut In Half, Franks Cautions Such Deep Cuts Would Echo Attempts To Eviscerate ABL, KEI, EMD Programs In Budgets; Hearing Set For Wednesday As […]