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If you love space pictures, including shots of the big blue marble, you have to see this. Did we mention that it’s free? An immense gallery of space pictures now...

If we can have electric cars, why not electric rockets and satellites? We can. An electric propulsion system for use on satellites in the Air Force Transformational Satellite Communications System...

The drogue parachute for the Ares I first stage motor passed a drop test, NASA announced. NASA and industry engineers performed the test. The drogue parachute is designed to slow...

Billionaire space buff investor Richard Branson is moving ahead with his plan to create a commercial space travel system: the WhiteKnightTwo mothership aircraft, and the SpaceShipTwo spaceship. A portion of...

A BAE Systems asset to shield aircraft from terrorist shoulder-mounted man-portable missiles (MANPADs) has been installed on an American Airlines plane, BAE announced. The BAE Jeteye infrared missile defense system...

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch To Be Delayed Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be delayed from late this year until early next year, NASA announced. The LRO will...

The Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) successfully completed system field integration testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., demonstrating interoperability with both Patriot and Avenger weapon systems, Raytheon...

ATK Gets $16.4 Million Order For Missile Warning System The Navy gave Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] $16.4 million of orders for the AAR-47 A(V)2 warning system that protects aircraft against...

Why do the Northern Lights brighten, dim and dance? Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to...

A ground station antenna system for the Mobile User Objective System was installed in Hawaii for data exchanges with satellites, General Dynamics Corp. [GD] announced. A GD unit, C4 Systems,...