Space
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InternationalSoyuz Finally Has Normal, Safe Landing As It Returns Crew To Earth Gently
But Company Making Soyuz Vehicles Faces Financial Peril, Needs Cash Soon Two Second-Generation Space Travelers Make Return Trip On Earth-Bound Soyuz A Russian Soyuz spacecraft returned International Space Station crew […]
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Homeland Security
Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Moves Toward Low Rate Initial Production
The AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program completed a Milestone C review and received approval for entry into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] announced. Sean […]
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InternationalBoeing Launches Another Italian Satellite
The Boeing Co. [BA] launched the third of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO), or SkyMed, spacecraft. A Delta II rocket procured from United Launch […]
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SpaceMESSENGER Spacecraft Skims Just 125 Miles Over Mercury
A U.S. spaceship early this month raced just 125 miles above the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, and came away with a treasure trove of 1,200 pictures. The fleet-footed […]
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Business/FinancialSierra Nevada Corp. To Acquire SpaceDev
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) yesterday said it plans to acquire space technology company SpaceDev, Inc. [SPDV] for $38 million, allowing it to form an integrated space technologies business unit. The […]
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SpaceHubble Space Telescope Begins Shift From Stricken Unit To Backup System, But Further Glitches Force Shutdown
NASA faces increasing chances that it will lose priceless scientific data and discoveries that it otherwise could have gathered during a third of a year, because a glitch on Sept. […]
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CongressDefense Acquisitions Should Focus On Meeting Schedules, Rather Than On Containing Costs: Industrial Base Is Healthy
The Department of Defense should shift its procurement programs from a heavy emphasis on containing costs, and stress instead maintaining schedules, a new report states. Costs have risen, and schedules […]
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CongressBush Signs 2009 NASA Authorization Measure; Griffin Lauds Backing For Moon, Mars Missions
President Bush signed into law a $20.2 billion NASA authorization bill, a measure that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin welcomed because it endorses the long-term goal of moving beyond low Earth […]
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SpaceNASA Launches Spacecraft To Check On Possible Weakening Of Protective Layer Shielding Solar System From Cosmic Rays
Spacecraft Will Remain In Orbit For 45-Day Systems Checkout, Then Head Off To Edge Of Solar System The Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll […]
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Business/FinancialArianespace To Launch Three Satellites For SES
SES ordered launches for three satellites from Arianespace, the launch provider announced. A global satellite services provider, SES plans to orbit new satellites including the Astra 3B, plus two other […]