Space

The United States needs to begin a national dialogue on just how open it should be to procuring military and space wares from abroad, and what the proper role of […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] currently is competing for about $14 billion worth of additional satellite/space-related business, an area that already generates $3.2 billion of annual revenues, according to Craig Cooning, […]

Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, the International Space Station commander, and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, ventured outside the space station to remove an explosive bolt from their docked Soyuz space vehicle. The […]

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, […]

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 […]

Measure Reaffirms Vision Of Manned Exploration Of Moon, Mars; Study Ordered On Extending Shuttle Flights From 2010 To 2015; Added Shuttle Mission Provided For Flying AMS To Space Station Commercial […]