Space

Spade Shuttle Atlantis, towering over its crawler transporter, today was moved off Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and headed into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Atlantis was moved […]

Updated — October 14, 2008 – 4:35 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Oct. 19 Mission: IBEX Launch […]

Boeing Gains $30 Million For Further Advanced Tactical Laser Tests The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a contract worth up to $30 million to continue testing the Advanced […]

Patria is delivering two Helsinki-class missile boats to the Croatian Navy, the company reported. Those boats were used by the Finnish Navy. The boat class was removed from service as […]

China is objecting vociferously to the U.S. Bush administration plan to sell $6.5 billion worth of arms to Taiwan to help the island nation defend itself against attack, according to […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] told defense journalists it is well positioned to vie for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system program, with a $122 million contract in hand for technology […]

But Kennedy Loss Now Seen As Less Than Earlier Estimate Of 5,000 Or More Thousands Of Space Workers To Lose Paychecks As U.S. Economy Begins Slipping Into Downturn Thousands of […]

The Venus Express spacecraft that will search for life on other planets is kicking off its work by focusing on one planet that likely can support life: Earth. The European […]

A circular solar array for the next-generation Orion U.S. space capsule, and a flexible wing reflector array for the Inmarsat 4 F3 satellite, both deployed correctly, companies announced. In the […]

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday to take a new crew to the International Space Station for a half-year stay in orbit. That crew includes Expedition 18 […]