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Weather, Technical And Logistics Problems, Could Prevent NASA From Finishing International Station By 2010 Deadline NASA faces a daunting challenge in completing the International Space Station (ISS) by the October...

Lawmakers who control the purse strings for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) see the emergent multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield proceeding well, meaning the legislators are likely to...

The Department of Defense (DOD), while making progress in its operationally responsive space (ORS) programs over the past two years, needs to take additional steps to ensure that ORS needs...

Russias Still Unsure Why Soyuz Has Landing Glitch; First Suspected Source Isn’t The Cause: Gerstenmaier Russia Uses Same Sleuthing Methods To Diagnose Soyuz That NASA Troubleshooters Used On Space Shuttle...

General Dynamics Gets $116.3 Million NASA Landsat Order NASA gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $116.3 million delivery order for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. General Dynamics Advanced...

Another attack on the planned European (Ground-based) Midcourse Defense (EMD) shield to protect Europe and the United States against Iranian missiles has come from those who have criticized the program...

The Navy is barring some officers in certain specialties from a chance to become NASA astronauts, The New York Times reported. While large numbers of Navy officers have become astronauts,...

[Satellite Today – 4-28-08] SES has seen a strong increase in net profits for the quarter ended March 31, reporting earnings of 120.9 million euros ($189 million), the company announced...

[Satellite Today – 4-28-08] Spacecom’s Amos-3 satellite was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Zenit-3SLB Land Launch vehicle, Israeli Aerospace Industries and Sea Launch announced.     Land Launch uses a...

[Satellite Today – 4-28-08] Europe’s satellite navigation program has been boosted by the launch of the GIOVE-B (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) satellite, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced April 27....