Space

  • China Will Attack U.S. Space Assets In Any War; Pentagon Must Field Defenses

    China Will Attack U.S. Space Assets In Any War; Pentagon Must Field Defenses

    China will drop its adherence to rules barring war in space, in any future conflict with the United States, and attack U.S. space assets, so American forces need to field […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Soyuz Lifts Four Satellites For Globalstar, Arianespace Announces A Soyuz lifter rushed four satellites into orbit for Globalstar, rising from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Arianespace announced. It was the 12th […]

  • NASA Launch Schedule

    NASA Launch Schedule

    2007 Oct. 23 STS-120 STS-120 will be the twenty-third mission to the International Space Station and will deliver the U.S. Node 2 Harmony module expanding the space station’s capability for […]

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    EADS, Astrium, Snare US$39.9 Million French Contract The French military gave the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) and Astrium a Euro28 million ($39.9 million) contract, the company announced. […]

  • In The News

    In The News

  • Discovery To Lift Off At 11:38 A.M. Tomorrow With Acceptable Risk

    Discovery To Lift Off At 11:38 A.M. Tomorrow With Acceptable Risk

    Space Shuttle Discovery will launch at 11:38 a.m. ET tomorrow from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in a flight that may not be completely safe, but will have […]

  • Global Space Industry Revenue Soared 18 Percent To $220 Billion Last Year

    Global Space Industry Revenue Soared 18 Percent To $220 Billion Last Year

    Space Agencies Worldwide See Budgets Up, Except In Japan The worldwide space industry saw blistering 18 percent growth to a total $220 billion revenues last year, compared to 2005, the […]

  • Putin Hostile To Gates, Rice Over European Missile Defense Plan

    Putin Hostile To Gates, Rice Over European Missile Defense Plan

    U.S. Concedes Nothing To Russians On Hot Issue After Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice journeyed all the way to suburban Moscow, Russian President Vladimir […]

  • Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shielding Degraded; Long Flight Delay Possible

    Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shielding Degraded; Long Flight Delay Possible

    Mission Delay Of Weeks, Months Possible If Shields Replaced With the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery little more than a week away, NASA experts have recommended replacing three heat-shielding panels […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    First Female Commander Piped Aboard International Space Station NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to begin her tenure as the first woman to command a […]