Space

Worldwide Space Industry Output Increased To $251 Billion Last Year; Industry Soars A Sizzling 11 Percent, Double World Economic Growth Rate Government Spending On Satellites, Missile Defense And More Is […]

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft heralded a new space saga when it launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to take the new Expedition 17 crew to the International Space Station, to […]

A looming renaissance in construction of nuclear power plants may increase dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation, according to experts. Their comments came hours after Iran announced it will triple its […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) pushed Congress to give swift backing to a Colombian Free Trade Agreement that President Bush just sent to Capitol Hill. AIA also hopes Bush will […]

The U.S. space agency will send a spacecraft to the moon to examine the lunar atmosphere and any moon dust it contains. That Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) […]

Arianespace To Launch Satellite For Japanese Operator Japanese company Broadcasting Satellite System Corp., or B-SAT, picked Arianespace to launch the BSAT-3b satellite. The deal was announced today by Jean-Yves Le […]

NASA Gives Aerojet Contract To Develop LOX/Liquid Methane Engine NASA gave Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. [NYSE: GY] unit, a contract to develop a 5,500 pounds/feet thrust liquid oxygen-liquid methane engine. […]

His Warning Sounded As European Robotic Cargo Spaceship Automatically Docks At International Space Station; Griffin Hails Europe As ‘Full-Fledged Space Power’ Mikulski Renews Efforts To Add $1 Billion NASA Recovery […]

Czech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Radar; NATO Endorses Planned GMD System Installation On Czech, Polish Sites NATO Sees GMD System As Substantial Contribution To Counter […]

Excessive Rocket Vibration, Another Problem, May Be Resolved With Design Changes The Constellation Program to develop the next-generation Orion-Ares spaceship faces multiple risks of technology development problems, schedule delays and […]