Space

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, completed the first round of environmental testing at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., NASA announced. Those tests ensure the spacecraft […]

NASA, after celebrating its 50th anniversary last week, opened a Website interactive tour highlighting its first half century of exploration. Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art computer animation, the […]

A Multi-Tasking Wonder Worker, Crane Helps To Erect Buildings, Create Roads HAMPTON, Va. — A new type of crane can assemble itself, lift loads, hop onto a mobile platform to […]

NASA 50th Anniversary Celebration Not So Golden In Budget Terms; Glenn Urges Increasing NASA Budget At Least $3 Billion Annually The budget for NASA, as it moves into a new […]

Stephen Hawking: The Costs Of Space Exploration Are Steep, But They Are Well Worth It John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut, questioned a major portion of President Bush’s vision for […]

Iran refused to abandon its illicit nuclear materials production program, with an obstinate statement issued by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Herald Tribune. Fears that Iran might […]

The United States hasn’t frozen sales of arms to Taiwan, but rather American officials are taking time to review the planned sale, according to a senior Taiwanese official. There is […]

Thousands of job losses stemming from the space shuttle fleet retirement, long feared, are about to begin. Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced that this fall it will begin workforce reductions […]

The current Navy program to convert 18 cruisers and destroyers to the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability, which will be completed by the end of this year, will have […]

A BAE Systems asset to shield aircraft from terrorist shoulder-mounted man-portable missiles (MANPADs) has been installed on an American Airlines plane, BAE announced. The BAE Jeteye infrared missile defense system […]