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The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said....

Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent...

The last new section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, prior to the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket soaring on its first flight sometime...

NASA is set to launch its Kepler telescope spacecraft atop a Delta II rocket at 10:48 p.m. ET March 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to begin a...

A Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) was launched to score a direct hit on a remote-controlled land-based moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The test was...

A Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile was launched from a submarine submerged in the Pacific Ocean, the USS Alabama (SSBN 731), making the 126 successful test flight since 1989,...

Updated — Feb. 20, 2009 – 5:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 24 Mission: OCO Launch...

Boeing [BA] gave NASA a proposal for design support of a component in the planned Ares V heavy lifter rocket, the company announced yesterday. Ares V will boost to space...

NASA gave American Tank and Vessel Inc. a contract worth up to $45 million to install a test cell diffuser and systems in the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space...

The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another advance, this time in its high-powered laser that can kill enemy missiles. That high-energy laser fired multiple long-duration blasts during intensive...