Space
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SpaceEuropean Spacecraft XMM-Newton Probes Dense, Dead, Spinning Star
A European spacecraft, XMM-Newton, has discovered the spin-rate of a dense, dead star, the core that remains after a stellar explosion, the European Space Agency reported. XMM-Newton caught the fading […]
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Business/FinancialGriffin Leaves With Message Unchanged: Aim High In Space Program Strategy
U.S. Aerospace Endeavor Still Leads By Coasting On Past Investments, But Other Nations Now ‘Closing In’ NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is leaving his post with an unvarying message, that the […]
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Business/Financial
ESA Will See Several Major Launches This Year, ESA Director General Says
The European Space Agency will see several major spacecraft launches this year, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said. Among major spacecraft being orbited are Herschel-Planck, GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat-2, he […]
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CongressTauscher Again To Head Panel Overseeing Missile Defense
The leading congressional critic of ballistic missile defense programs will retain her powerful post overseeing those efforts, as the 111th Congress organizes itself for the next two years. Rep. Ellen […]
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Business/Financial
SES Astra Satellite Dies
SES Astra announced that its Astra 5 satellite failed. The bird, which operated at at 31.5 degrees East, experienced a technical anomaly leading to the end of the spacecraft’s mission, […]
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Congress
Analysts See Iran Confronting Obama On Nukes, Moscow Assailing Him On European Missile Shield; Defense Outlays Would Be Prime Economic Aid
As Barack Obama enters the White House, he will inherit multiple problems that bedeviled President Bush during his years in office, including an Iran obstinately refusing to abandon its nuclear […]
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Space
U.S. Probe On Indian Satellite Hunts For Frozen Water In Deep, Dark Lunar Craters
A NASA probe carried on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter that India launched last year is searching for frozen water in deep, dark craters on the moon, because water would be […]
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Air ForceIran Found To Amass Key Substances For Ballistic Missiles Production: Report
Iran is amassing materials such as tungsten copper and specialized aluminum and titanium sheets that are key to production of missiles, including long-range weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported. The […]
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Space
Methane Discovered On Mars Signals Either Biological Life Or Active Geology
Methane that erupts from beneath the surface of Mars shows either that there is subterranean biological life, or that the red planet is geologically active, NASA announced. Further research will […]
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Business/Financial
Aegis Program Director Sees Immediate Need For 7 Or 8 More Ships; More After That
The Navy needs some seven or eight more ballistic-missile-defense (BMD) Aegis weapon system surface ships immediately to meet demands of combatant commanders, and the sea service definitely will need more […]