Space

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 […]

If you love space pictures, including shots of the big blue marble, you have to see this. Did we mention that it’s free? An immense gallery of space pictures now […]

If we can have electric cars, why not electric rockets and satellites? We can. An electric propulsion system for use on satellites in the Air Force Transformational Satellite Communications System […]

The drogue parachute for the Ares I first stage motor passed a drop test, NASA announced. NASA and industry engineers performed the test. The drogue parachute is designed to slow […]

Billionaire space buff investor Richard Branson is moving ahead with his plan to create a commercial space travel system: the WhiteKnightTwo mothership aircraft, and the SpaceShipTwo spaceship. A portion of […]

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 […]

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch To Be Delayed Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be delayed from late this year until early next year, NASA announced. The LRO will […]