Month: August 2008

Researchers have found a toxic chemical, perchlorate, in Martian soil excavated by the Phoenix Mars Lander that was tested in a wet chemistry laboratory in Phoenix, but it is uncertain...

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions...

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations...

Boeing Gets $153.5 Million GPS Technology Contract The Naval Research Laboratory gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $153.5 contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. That...

SpaceX Launch Failed When First Stage Hit Second Stage Tiny Bit Of Extra Thrust Caused Disaster In Mission Next SpaceX Falcon Flight Goes To Launch Pad Next Month That Falcon...

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), a United Kingdom firm, is opening offices in the United States to more easily enter the U.S. satellite market. The company wishes to take advantage...

The Human Research Program will provide grants to fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about effects of space radiation on human explorers, NASA announced. Selected proposals from...

The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating...

Military strikes on illicit Iranian nuclear materials production sites likely wouldn’t destroy them, according to a new report by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington think tank....

Iran has an anti-ship missile with a 190-mile range that could be used to close the Strait of Hormuz and threaten shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf, according to statements...