Space
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Business/FinancialFuture Looks Glum For TSAT In Obama Administration
Chances are that funding may be cut for the Transformational Satellite Program, or TSAT, along with some other defense programs that may go under the knife in the impending administration […]
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Business/FinancialUnited Launch Alliance To Lay Off Hundreds
United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported. ULA is a joint venture of The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin […]
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Business/FinancialStudy Sees No Gigantic Defense Spending Cuts Under Incoming Obama Administration
But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when […]
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Business/FinancialSmall Honeywell Gyros Boost Satellite Agility
Honeywell [HON] will provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions. The system will include four control momentum gyroscopes, space hardened electronics, a […]
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Homeland Security
Construction Advances Markedly At Iranian Heavy Water Reactor: Study
Iran is moving ahead solidly with construction of a little-noticed heavy water reactor, a new study by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) discloses. If Iran can succeed […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Endeavour Docks With International Space Station After Flawless Launch, Ascent From Kennedy
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 […]
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InternationalChandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Orbit; Then Indian Space Agency Probe Strikes Lunar Surface For Dust Sample
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 […]
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Business/FinancialKEI Passes First-Stage Motor Static Fire Test
A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]
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CongressGriffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked, But Griffin Says Invitation Unlikely
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]
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Business/FinancialSea Launch Receives SICRAL 1B Satellite For Launch In January
Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals […]