Space

President Bush’s federal government budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, provides solid support for space exploration programs and for missile defense, experts said. Bush unveiled his NASA […]

Progress Freighter Lifts Off To Resupply Space Station A Progress freighter spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), […]

By Dave Ahearn The commercial space sector is attracting steadily more investment funds and is poised for liftoff, experts said. "We are just now entering the most vibrant" period of […]

By Dave Ahearn President Bush on Monday asked Congress to provide $17.6 billion for NASA in fiscal 2009, a 2.9 percent increase from the $17.1 billion that NASA actually is […]

By Jen DiMascio The president is asking for approximately $8.6 billion to fund research, development and purchasing of Air Force space platforms for fiscal year 2009, including a 21 percent […]

Funding Plan Requests $3 Billion For Orion-Ares Spacecraft System Space Shuttle Program Would Receive $2.98 Billion, Down 8.7 Percent From The $3.3 Billion Appropriated in Current Fiscal 2008 President Bush […]

Missile Defense Systems Needed As Missile Threat Increases President Bush would provide $9.336 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, up 7.9 […]

NASA Apparently Solves Problem With Bent Radiator Hose On Space Shuttle Special Tool Devised To Resolve Hose Woes Better late than never, at least for Space Shuttle Atlantis, which now […]

Budget Would Provide $66.3 Million For Arrow, $44.9 Million For David’s Sling President Bush would provide capabilities development funding to further U.S.-Israeli missile defense programs in the fiscal year ending […]

Bush Also Proposes $103 Million In Fiscal 2009, Total $910 Million In Fiscal 2009-13, For Space Climate Research On Seven Future Satellites Now In Planning, Development Mikulski Provides Fiscal 2008 […]