Space

SRA International [SRX] yesterday said it has acquired Interface & Control Systems, Inc., (ICS), a small provider of consulting services and software products to the defense and civil space markets, […]

Backup Pad 39-B Found To Have Similar Deterioration, But Repairs Not Slated To Be Performed There: Briefers Damage to a flame trench at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center […]

Lunar Craft Undergoes Checkout Prior To Mission A NASA spacecraft that will hit the moon has entered its final checkout phase, the space agency announced. The Lunar Crater Observation and […]

L-3 Communications Gains $49 Million For Astronaut Training L-3 Communications [LLL] received a five-year, $49 million cost plus fixed fee contract from Johnson Space Center (JSC) to provide space systems […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] completed a key satellite payload trade study with Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], the prime contractor for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), Raytheon announced. Results of […]

Researchers have found what may be the biggest crater ever discovered in the solar system, covering about 40 percent of the Martian surface, according to NASA. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter […]

Astronaut-teacher Barbara R. Morgan, who flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour last year and earlier was the backup to astronaut-teacher Christa McAuliffe, is leaving NASA to return to teaching. Also, astronaut […]

NASA is moving to wind power — solar wind, that is — to propel vehicles through space. The system uses sunlight to propel vehicles through space. Engineers have successfully deployed […]

The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is in thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced today. The military communications satellite is in tests at the Lockheed facilities […]

If Seven Planes Cost $7 Billion, That Is 9 Percent Of 9/11 Damage In New York City Alone; $50,000-70,000 Per Missile Hit By ABL A Fraction Of Interceptor Cost Will […]