Space

NASA is running out of plutonium to use for powering spacecraft on deep space missions, far from the rays of the sun, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. Very little of […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Launch At 2:28 A.M. Tomorrow Morning Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 2:28 a.m. tomorrow […]

Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Orbital Get DARPA Contracts For Mini-Satellites; Splitting One Satellite Into Parts Would Bolster Survivability Against Anti-Satellite Attacks, And Against Damage Caused By Space Debris Demonstration Of ‘Fractionated’ […]

Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after […]

By Geoff Fein Last month’s missile shot at a wayward spy satellite not only demonstrated the capability of the technologies to conduct such an effort, but it also showed the […]

NASA gave Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $47.5 million contract change for external fuel tanks to be mated to space shuttle orbiter vehicles in future missions. Lockheed Martin will make the […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Cleared For Launch March 11 At 2:28 A.M. In Dark, With Flashbulbs Popping For Pics U.S. ASAT Shot Demolishing Errant Intel Satellite Creates Little Increased Chance Space […]

NASA Gives Lockheed $47.5 Million Contract For Space Shuttle Fuel Tanks NASA gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $47.5 million contract change for external fuel tanks to be mated to […]