Space
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InternationalIndia Launches Chandrayaan-1 Unmanned Mission To Moon
Indian Moon Orbiter Will Send Probe To Lunar Surface European, Other Instruments On Orbiter Will Study Moon India launched an unmanned spacecraft headed for the moon, marking a further emergence […]
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SpaceNASA Launch Schedule
Updated — October 22, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 + Mission: STS-126 […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Joins Lockheed, ATK In Bid To Provide Commercial Orbital Space Transport For NASA
The competition to supply private commercial space transport services to NASA is heating up, as The Boeing Co. [BA] joined a PlanetSpace team that already included Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Northrop Given $206 Million Air Force Space And Missile Contract For Support Services The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a contract worth up to $206 million to provide […]
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SpaceHubble Space Telescope Inches Back Toward Normal Operations; Glitch That Shut Down Systems Likely Was Short- or Open-Circuit
NASA Now May Not Lose Four Months Of Pioneering Data From Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope, after being sidelined by multiple glitches, is edging slowly back toward operational capability, […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Appeals Jury Verdict Against Company, Beginning Protracted Years-Long Legal Battle
ICO Wins Multi-Million-Dollar Award From Jury The Boeing Co. [BA] announced it will appeal a jury verdict against Boeing and for ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. J. Michael Luttig, Boeing […]
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Business/FinancialCzech Government Narrowly Survives No-Confidence Vote
Czech Republic Parliament Backs Government, 97-96 Czech Vote On European Missile Defense Site Expected During Next Two Months The Czech Republic Parliament narrowly permitted the Czech government, which backs plans […]
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Business/FinancialHoneywell Protests $1.26 Billion NASA Contract Award To ITT
Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. [HON] filed a protest last week with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), objecting to NASA awarding a $1.26 billion contract to ITT Corp. [ITT]. NASA selected […]
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Homeland Security
Nation Unprepared For Biological Attack; Another Attack Could Occur At Any Time
In Seven Years Since Anthrax Attacks, Much Is Undone In Countering Biological Threat; Prevention, Response Needed Multiplicity Of Sensor Systems Available, But No Decision Made On Which To Buy Seven […]
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Homeland Security
Nuclear Bombers And ICBMs To Go In Global Strike Command, After Two Slipups With Nukes
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is creating a new major command organization with authority over all air-breathing nuclear assets, Air Force leaders said. According to a nuclear "roadmap" unveiled […]