Space

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. […]

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 […]

Rocketplane Kistler lost its deal to develop rocket transportation to haul cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA will open new competition for companies wishing to share in […]

Barak, On U.S. Tour, Visits With U.S. Defense Chief Gates A new American-Israeli joint development program aims to produce a missile defense capability that would be effective against long-range threats, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]