Space

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly […]

Scientists using the European Space Agency spacecraft Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to […]

The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) conducted critical design readiness reviews (CDRR) on its final two prime items, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those final […]

NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) will join forces to launch an observatory that will plumb the mysteries of dark energy, which is found throughout the universe. The two […]

Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III turned over responsibility for missile defense operations to Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, who became the eighth director of the […]

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) will continue as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman in the next two-year Congress, the 111th Congress, the House Democratic Caucus decided. Skelton became chairman […]

Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill […]

Sea Launch will perform five launch operations for Intelsat, the sea-going launch platform company announced. The firms signed a multiple launch services contract for five missions on the Sea Launch […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 […]

Flag Of India Is Planted On Moon The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unmanned spaceship Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit successfully, ISRO announced. Then the spaceship ejected a lunar craft called […]