Space

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighters fired AIM-120C7 and AIM-9X air-to-air missiles in a test, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. That ushered the AIM-120C7 into the Navy weapon system user program, […]

German Luftwaffe personnel successfully tested a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) airdefense interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Aided by Lockheed and Army support, the German […]