Atlantis Soars To Service Hubble Space Telescope
It’s a blast. Space Shuttle Atlantis this afternoon thundered into the heavens from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center for a rendezvous with an eye in the sky, the...
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Augustine: Future Cost Of Manned NASA Space Program A Significant Factor
Panel Will Look At What Hardware Is Available The future cost of developing and operating manned space flight hardware is "one of the important issues" tha a review panel will...
Panel Urges Deployment of Missile Defense Assets Against Regional Nuclear Aggressors
Missile defense systems can be useful in deterring aggression against the United States, especially aggression involving nuclear-tipped missiles, and thus should occupy a key position in the U.S. strategic posture,...
Commission Urges Warhead 'Modernization' And Rehab Of Decaying Production Centers
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Still Needed To Deter Aggression, Though Fewer Warheads Suffice By George Lobsenz A congressionally chartered commission backed the Obama administration’s emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation as increasingly critical...
Air Force Association Deplores Airborne Laser Missile Defense Cut
Deep cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile program are unwise, as would be a proposed killing of the Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASM) program, the Air Force Association (AFA) stated....
NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — May 8, 2009 – 4:15 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 11 Mission: STS-125 Launch...
Anadarko Gets $37 Million Johnson Space Center Safety/Fire Contract
NASA gave Anadarko Industries LLC a $37 million contract to provide safety and fire maintenance services at Johnson Space Center, home of mission control. Anadarko Industries will provide test safety...
Lockheed Breaks Ground On PAC-3 Factory Expansion
Ground was broken for an expansion on a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile factory at Camden, Ark., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The new facility will allow for continued production expansion...
Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Retains GOES-R Contract
[Satellite Today 05-08-09] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. to build two satellites for NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series,...
Connectivity
Hughes Broadband Businesses Continue Growth in 2009 First Quarter
[Satellite Today 05-08-09] Hughes Communications closed the 2009 first quarter with 455,000 consumer broadband subscribers, adding 53,000 gross subscribers and 22,000 net subscribers in the first three months of the...