Space
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour Lands After Overcoming Challenges During Mission To Space Station
Bad Florida Weather Forces Endeavour To Divert To Edwards Air Force Base Fickle Florida weather that forced Space Shuttle Endeavour into a West Coast landing yesterday, a cranky and reluctant […]
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Business/FinancialJapanese Forces Test-Fire Patriots At Fort Bliss
Two Japanese Patriot crews recently fired Patriot missiles in testing at Fort Bliss, Texas, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The company provided operational support for the annual service practice conducted by […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser Fires High-Powered Laser Through Beam Control For First Time
New Uses Seen For ABL Include Taking Out Aircraft, Cruise Missiles, Surface-To-Air Missile: Boeing Test Success, Possible New Uses For ABL Come As Congress May Consider Cutting ABL Funds In […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — November 30, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch […]
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Homeland Security
Obama Retains Gates As Secretary Of Defense; Gates Oversaw Major Advances In Missile Defense
President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed […]
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InternationalEuropean Space Agency Leaders Envision Euro11.2 Billion (US$14.4 Billion) Outlays Spread Over Many Years Into Next Decade
European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013, […]
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Business/Financial
European Missile Defense Plan Advances As Czech Senate Provides Long-Sought Approval
The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
SAIC Gains $69.3 Million Contract For Support Services At Kennedy NASA selected Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] of Houston to provide project management support services at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Tests Sea-Based Submarine-Launched Bulava Missile, And Plans Deploying Land-based RS-24 ICBMs To Outwit U.S. Missile Defense System Before It Is Created
RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Awards 382 Small-Business Contracts To 271 Firms
NASA awarded contracts in response to 382 small-business proposals to meet critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA’s Small Business Innovation […]